Peach Almond Jam
By: Kevin Tu
Published: Friday, December 10, 2010 - 1:02am

Ingredients




3 pounds fully ripe peaches
1/2 cup chopped almonds
1 pouch liquid fruit pectin
1/4 cup fresh lemon juice
7 cups sugar (3 lbs.)
1/4 teaspoon almond extract

Preparation

1 Peel and pit peaches and grind or chop until very fine. Measure 4 cups prepared fruit into a 6 to 8-quart saucepan. Stir in lemon juice and almonds. Thoroughly stir in sugar. Place over high heat and bring to a full rolling boil and boil hard 1 minute, stirring constantly. Remove from heat and immendiately stir in liquid fruit pectin and almond extract. Skim  2 Makes about 8 pints of jam.