Name: Plum Good (Conserve)
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 75 min
Yield: 10
Ingredients: 2 1/2 qt chopped pitted plums, about 4 cups; 3/4 cup orange peel, thinly sliced; 2 cups seedless raisins; 6 cups sugar; 2 cups broken pecans, or other nuts; 1 3/4 cups chopped orange pulp, about 2 large oranges

Serves: 10
Prep: 30 min
Cook: 45 min
Total: 1 hr 15 min
Difficulty: Medium

Ingredients

Servings 10

2 1/2 qt chopped pitted plums, about 4 cups
3/4 cup orange peel, thinly sliced
2 cups seedless raisins
6 cups sugar
2 cups broken pecans, or other nuts
1 3/4 cups chopped orange pulp, about 2 large oranges

Method

Combine plums, orange pulp and peel, raisins and sugar. Slowly bring to boiling, stirring occasionally until sugar dissolves.
Cook rapidly almost to jellying point, about 15-20 minutes. As mixture thickens, stir frequently to prevent sticking. Add nuts the last 5 minutes of cooking.
Pour boiling hot into clean, hot jars. Adjust lids; process 10-15 minutes immersed in water bath.
Yields about 10 half-pints.