LEMON-PINEAPPLE JAM

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A not-too-tart combination. The lemon is delightful on cream cheesed crackers, buttered toast, or a cake filling.

Provided by Kathy228

Categories     < 60 Mins

Time 45m

Yield 7 half pints

Number Of Ingredients 6

6 -7 lemons
2 cups crushed unsweetened pineapple (20 oz can)
1 cup water or 1 cup dry white wine
1 (1 3/4 ounce) box dry sugar-free pectin
4 cups sugar
1 teaspoon butter

Steps:

  • Scrub then peel the lemons.
  • Put the peels in a small sauce pan. Cover with water and simmer for 20-minutes or until the peel can be pierced with a fork. Drain, rinse, cool and chop the peel.
  • Remove the excess, thick, white pith from the peeled lemons.
  • Cut the peeled lemons in quarters. Slice out the white membranes and discard.
  • Puree the peeled lemons in a food processor.
  • Into a heavy saucepan, measure 2-cups lemon puree, 1-cup chopped peel, 2-cups undrained, crushed pineapple (a total of 5-cups of fruit is needed).
  • Add the water or wine.
  • Gradually stir in the dry pectin.
  • Bring to a a hard boil, add butter, and boil for one minute.
  • Add the sugar. Bring back to a boil and boil hard for one minute. Skim if necessary.
  • Ladle into seven, half-pints jelly jars, and process.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 484, Fat 0.8, SaturatedFat 0.4, Cholesterol 1.4, Sodium 8.6, Carbohydrate 124.7, Fiber 1.9, Sugar 120.6, Protein 0.8

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