We eat a lot of them straight off the tree, but then you need to use them for other things. I have made pies and ice creams but decided this time to make some jam. I have made jam with blueberries and strawberries but this was my first time using peaches.
I used 9 good sized peaches. Put them in a pot of simmering water for about two minutes, then transferred them to an ice bath to make the skin easy to peel off. Once peeled i pitted them and cut them up. I put two tablespoons of lemon juice on them and let them sit. In the meantime I put 1/2 cup water with 3 cups of sugar on medium in a pot until the sugar was dissolved. I put the peaches in a food processor and pulsed it, but left some small chunks since we like our jam like that. Then mixed the peach mixture into the sugar water mix, cooking it until it thickened. I always put a plate in the freezer while making jam to test its doneness. If you take the plate out and put a little jam on the cold plate and hold it sideways you can tell how thick it is. Then proceeded them in my canning jars.
EASY, AND SO YUMMY!
This could be one of my favorite jams I have made yet.
I will be trying it with agave nectar for my diabetic grandfather next week. Hopefully it turns out as good as the strawberry and blueberry did with it.
Give this one a shot while peaches are ready, you won't be sorry!
Till next blog.......
