Peach and Orange Jam
We recently returned from a vacation of rafting down the Grand Canyon, on our way back we stopped at Palisades CO., just off I70 near Grand Junction. Palisades is primarily small family farm orchards - we've just entered Peach and Pear harvest time, so we picked up 50 pounds of Peaches.
For the first recipe ;-)….
- 17 ripe Peaches
- 4 Oranges
- 1 cinnamon stick
- 6 cups sugar
- 1 packet of fruit pectin
Quickly dip the peaches in boiling water for about 45sec to loosen the skin and then peel, coarsely chop. Dice the oranges into small chunks and add to peaches and add sugar and cinnamon stick.
Simmer for 20min and add pectin. Pour mixture into sterilized jars and return to hot water bath. Remember that depending on your altitude you may have to boil the jars longer, I think we had boil for 45min at 9,000ft.
