Fig Jam With Liquid Pectin
By: Sheri Wetherell
Published: Friday, December 10, 2010 - 1:02am

Ingredients




4 cups crushed figs - (abt 3 lbs figs)
1/2 cup lemon juice
7 1/2 cups sugar
1/2 bot liquid pectin

Preparation

1 To prepare fruit. Sort and wash fully ripe figs; remove stem ends. Crush or grind fruit. 2 To make jam. Place crushed figs and lemon juice into a kettle. Add sugar and stir well. Place on high heat and, stirring constantly, bring quickly to a full boil with bubbles over the entire surface. Boil hard for 1 minute, stirring constantly. 3 Remove from heat. Stir in pectin. Skim off foam quickly. Pour immediately into hot, sterile canning jars to 1/4-inch from top. Seal and process 5 minutes in boiling water bath. 4 This recipe yields about 9 half-pint jars. 5 Yield: 9 half-pints