Peach Jam Recipe
Easy Peach Jam Recipe without pectin, a fantastic homemade jam made with only 3 ingredients: fresh peaches, lemon juice and sugar. It's a quick small-batch jam recipe that comes together in under an hour and yields 2 small jars of divinely aromatic and delicious jam.
Servings: 2 jars
Calories: 639kcal
Ingredients
- 8 peaches ( peeled, cored and chopped they weighted 550 g or 1.2 lb)
- 200 g granulated sugar ( 1 cup)
- 1 tablespoon lemon juice
Instructions
- Peel, core and chop the peaches into chunks.
- Add them to a sauce pan together with the sugar and lemon juice, and mix well.
- Set the pan over a medium heat and let the fruit simmer gently, they will start to release liquid really quickly.
- Continue to simmer the jam until the fruit is broken down into a mush and most of the liquid is absored.
- Use a potato masher to mash some of the fruit that is still holding the shape.
- Remove the pan from the heat, and add the jam to sterilised jars, tightening the lids really well.
- Turn the jars upside down and leave them to cool down completely.
Video
Notes
- Do not simmer the jam until there is no liquid left and the jam has a firm texture, as the jam cool down completely it will set further, and you will end up with a rock solid texture otherwise - have a look at the video to see how the ideal consistency of the jam is.
- The best way to sterilise jars is to wash / rinse them and place them in a hot oven for 10 minutes, then carefully remove them from the oven and add the jam while it is still hot.
- Fit the lids on very well, then turn the jars upside down to cool completely - that will ensure that the jams stays in perfect condition for a long time - some of my jams are still fine 2 years later!
Nutrition
Calories: 639kcal | Carbohydrates: 161g | Protein: 5g | Fat: 2g | Saturated Fat: 0.1g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 0.4g | Sodium: 79mg | Potassium: 742mg | Fiber: 9g | Sugar: 150g | Vitamin A: 1956IU | Vitamin C: 28mg | Calcium: 25mg | Iron: 2mg