I have a terribly bad habit of buying way more fruit than I can possibly eat. Recently I stocked up on beautiful white nectarines and black plums at the grocery store. Don't ask me why I needed a dozen stone fruit at once but that's what happened. Needless to say my collection of nectarines and plums became over-ripened and neglected somewhere in my fridge.
But instead of letting all that fruit and money got to waste, I chopped it up and made a quick 10-Minute Stone Fruit Skillet Jam which turned out to be one of my best ideas ever.
Simply fruit, sugar, one scrapped vanilla bean and a whole lot of happiness at having saved my fruit all went into a pan and out came delicious jam. Waste your summer fruit no more because this recipe couldn't be more simple...or delicious spread over a toasty English muffin. Plus I get to enjoy my fruit just a little bit longer!
photos by Leah Bergman
Stone Fruit Skillet Jam
makes 1 pint
2 cups chopped stone fruit
½ cup granulated sugar
Juice from ½ lemon
1 vanilla bean scrapped
Directions:
1. In a stainless steel skillet add fruit with all of its juices, sugar, lemon juice and the seeds from 1 scraped vanilla been.
2. Cook over high heat stirring occasionally with a heat proof spatula.
3. Continue to cook until the fruit is broken down, the foam has disappeared, and tiny bubbles form and stay around the edges of the pan. You know the jam is done when you can pull a spatula through the middle and the jam doesn’t immediately rush in on itself.
4. Immediately remove from pan and carefully spoon into a clean glass jar.
*Jam will last a couple weeks in the refrigerator.
Christmaskitty says
Yum! Plums are delicious. It looks pretty too. Great color!
Lily @ Life, Love, and Cupcakes says
I love this idea! I made mini peach crisps the other day with some neglected peaches, but this would be wonderful as well!
Amanda @ Once Upon a Recipe says
What a wonderful idea! I have shied away from making jam because it seems so complicated, but this is a quick and easy way to make a small batch and save that beloved fruit!
Tammy says
Looks delicious and easy!
Danielle says
I'm so excited about trying this! My grandma used to make plum jam all the time with the fruit from my great grandma's plum tree. It was my favorite! Now off to over purchase some fruit! 😉
Freutcake says
Ha! Well I hope you enjoy your over-ripened fruit as much as I did. I'm sure your Grandma's jam was delicious. 🙂
Dagmara says
Hi how finely chopped is the fruit and on high heat the bottom of my pan started to burn. Approx how long does this cook for?
Freutcake says
Oh no! Sorry to hear that. Because I used overly ripe fruit I didn't have to chop it too finely. If you fruit is more on the firm side I would suggest adding a little bit of water to help it along as well as starting it on a lower flame.