Persimmon Jam

Total Time: 45 mins Preparation Time: 45 mins

Ingredients

• 3 lbs ripe persimmons
• 7 cups sugar
• 2 lemons, juice of
• 1 (6 ounce) bottle liquid pectin

Recipe

• 1 wash, peel and seed the persimmons.
• 2 place the persimmon pulp in a preserving kettle, add sugar and lemon juice and mix well.
• 3 bring slowly to a boil over high heat until sugar has dissolved, stirring frequently.
• 4 boil hard for one minute; then remove the kettle from the heat and stir in the liquid pectin.
• 5 skim thoroughly with a metal spoon.
• 6 ladle into 8 half-pint hot sterilized jars and seal.