Carrot Cake Jam

Total Time: 1 hr 15 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 cups grated peeled carrots
• 1 1/2 cups cored peeled pears
• 1 3/4 cups canned pineapple, including juice
• 3 tablespoons lemon juice
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1/2 tsb ground nutmeg
• 1/2 teaspoon ground cloves
• 1 (1 ounce) package dry pectin
• 6 1/2 cups sugar

Recipe

• 1 in a large saucepan, combine carrots, pears, pineapple with juice, lemon juice, and spices.
• 2 bring to a boil over high heat, stirring frequently. reduce heat, cover and boil gently for 20 minutes, stirring occasionally.
• 3 remove from heat and stir in pectin until dissolved. bring back to a full boil, add sugar all at once, bring back to another boil and boil hard for 1 minute.
• 4 remove from heat, skim off foam. ladle into prepared jars with 1/4 inch headspace.
• 5 process jars in a bwb for 5 minutes for sterilized jars, or 10 minutes for unsterilized jars.