Hello everybody, it is Louise, welcome to my recipe page. Today, we’re going to make a special dish, refreshing and jelly-like ume plum jam. It is one of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I’m gonna make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Take the stem ends off the ume plums using a toothpick. Great recipe for Refreshing and Jelly-Like Ume Plum Jam. There are so many ways of making 'Ume (Japanese Plum) Jam' which last year done differently.
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To get started with this recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook refreshing and jelly-like ume plum jam using 2 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you cook it.
The ingredients needed to make Refreshing and Jelly-Like Ume Plum Jam:
- Get 1 kg Ume plums
- Make ready 600 to 700 grams ; about 70% of the weight of the plums Sugar
Ume jam is very nice on bread and butter and also a fantastic sweetener for yoghurt. It also can be used for making sauces and adds a new and unusual flavor to jam cookies or Would you like to tell us about a lower price? Plum jam can be made, fresh or frozen plums slices. It is important that plums are pitted before freezing otherwise So expect a soft jam which is spreadable and thick but not jelly-like or the store-bought jam.
Instructions to make Refreshing and Jelly-Like Ume Plum Jam:
- Take the stem ends off the ume plums using a toothpick.
- Soak the ume plums in plenty of water for 2 to 3 hours or overnight to remove their bitterness.
- Divide the ume plums into 500 g each, one batch with the greener unripe plums and the other with the ripe plums.
- Put plenty of water in two pans, add a lot of plums in each. Then, start cooking over medium heat. If the plums start to foam up in the water with bubbles on their surface, throw away the water and put in fresh water. Repeat 2-3 times. If you let the water come to a boil the plum skins will tear, so if the water becomes hot to the touch, drain it off and add fresh water.
- When the plums are tender, drain them and crush with a spatula to remove their pits. Puree the plums in a food processor. You can chop it up with a knife, or pass it through a sieve to make it smoother…whichever method you'd prefer. Please do this after letting the plums cool down.
- If you process the plums in a food processor, it will become smooth as if you passed it through a sieve. The skins add a pretty color.
- Place the puree in an enameled pan and simmer. When it starts to bubble, add the sugar in 2 to 3 batches Scum will rise from the unripe plums, so skim it off as you simmer.
- As you keep simmering it over medium heat while removing the scum, in about 10 minutes the color will change to apricot. When the puree becomes translucent and thick, it's done. Pour into sterilized jars while still hot. The upper jar is the one with ripe plums, and the bottom jar is the one with unripe plums.
- Here's a hamburger steak made with this ume plum jam. The sweet-and-sour flavor really goes well with the hamburger and it's delicious.
You can also blend the jam with an immersion blender if you like a smooth consistency. How to make plum jelly step by step. Boots and bonnets with chris & christy. This two-ingredient plum jam recipe is really a cross between plum jam and plum preserves. It's awesome paired with breakfast pancakes or crepes.
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