Pear-Apple Jam

Step 1

Before you begin, prepare calcium water.To do this, combine ½ teaspoon calcium powder (in the small packet in your box of Pomona’s pectin) with ½ cup water in a small, clear jar with a lid. Shake well.Extra calcium water should be stored in the refrigerator for future use.

Step 2

Wash jars, lids, and bands. Place jars in canner, fill canner 2/3 full with water, bring to a boil. Turn off heat, cover, and keep jars in hot canner water until ready to use. Place lids in water in a small sauce pan; cover and heat to a low boil. Turn off heat and keep lids in hot water until ready to use.

Step 3

Wash, peel, core, and mash the pears. Measure 2 cups mashed pear into sauce pan. If pears are too firm to mash, chop the pears then cook with a little water until they go soft. Mash the cooked pears and measure 2 cups into sauce pan.

Step 4

Wash, peel, core, and chop the apples then cook with a little water until they go soft. Mash cooked apples. Measure 1 cup mashed apple into sauce pan.

Step 5

Add calcium water, lemon juice, and cinnamon, and mix well.

Step 6

Measure sugar or room temperature honey into a bowl. Thoroughly mix pectin powder into sweetener. Set aside.

Step 7

Bring fruit mixture to a full boil. Add pectin-sweetener mixture, stirring vigorously for 1 to 2 minutes to dissolve the pectin while the jam comes back up to a boil. Once the jam returns to a full boil, remove it from the heat.

Step 8

Fill hot jars to ¼” of top. Wipe rims clean. Screw on 2-piece lids. Put filled jars in boiling water to cover. Boil 10 minutes (add 1 minute more for every 1,000 ft. above sea level). Remove from water. Let jars cool. Check seals; lids should be sucked down. Eat within 1 year. Lasts 3 weeks once opened.