Fresh Pineapple Jam is a low-sugar or low-honey cooked jam made with Pomona’s Universal Pectin. Pomona’s Pectin contains no sugar or preservatives and jells reliably with low amounts of any sweetener.
Servings 5 cups
Ingredients
- 4 cups fresh pineapple peeled, chopped, and crushed
- 2 teaspoons calcium water see step #1
- ½ cup up to 1 cup honey or ¾ cup up to 2 cups sugar
- 2 teaspoons Pomona’s Pectin mixed with sweetener
Instructions
- 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.
- 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 saucepan; cover and heat to a low boil. Turn off heat and keep lids in hot water until ready to use.
- Prepare fresh pineapple by peeling, chopping, and crushing the fruit.
- Put pineapple into sauce pan.
- Bring pineapple to a boil and boil for several minutes to deactivate the enzymes in the pineapple. Remove pineapple from pan, put into a heat resistant bowl, then measure 4 cups of pineapple back into the sauce pan.
- Add calcium water and mix well.
- Measure sugar or room temperature honey into a bowl. Thoroughly mix pectin powder into sweetener. Set aside.
- 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.
- 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.
Diana
If I use canned pineapple, do I need to drain the juice?
Shelby Collings
Yes, it should resemble fresh pineapple as much as possible.
Gail
Canned pineapple: sliced, crushed, tidbits? Approximately how many 20 oz cans? Is it necessary to follow the step of boiling to remove enzymes since the pineapple has already been cooked?
I know it’s silly but I hate to buy fresh pineapple because there’s so much waste (I know it’s wasted at the processing plant but I seem to be able to ignore that.) 🙁 Thanks
Shelby Collings
You will need 4 cups of crushed pineapple. You will still need to boil the pineapple.
Happy jamming!
Shirley A Casciola
Can I use canned pineapple for this?
Shelby Collings
Yes, you sure can!
Janet Forsythe
Can I use thawed frozen pineapple for this? Thanks
Shelby Collings
You sure can!