Smoked Peach Jam
Dig into this amazing smoked peach jam. It marries the sweet freshness of peaches with the complexity of wood smoke. Simply perfection in a jar.
Ingredients
- 8 large peaches approx 4 cups chopped
- ½ cup water
- 7 ½ cups granulated sugar
- ¼ cup lemon juice
- 2 pouches liquid Certo
Instructions
- Preheat smoker to 225f.
- Quarter and pit 8 large peaches. Place them skin-side down on the grill. Smoke for 60 minutes.
- Meanwhile, sterilize your jars.
- Peel the peaches when they come off the smoker and coarsely chop.
- Blend the peaches with ½ cup water until mostly smooth using a blender or immersion blender.
- Pour the blended peaches into a large bottomed pot with tall sides.
- Add 7 ½ cups granulated sugar and ¼ cup lemon juice.
- Cook over medium-high heat - allow the jam to come to a hard boil for 2 minutes.
- Remove from heat, add 2 pouches liquid Certo, and stir for 5 minutes. Use this time to skim any foam that comes to the surface.
- Ladle the jam into sterilized jars, add lids and rings. Set aside for 24 hours to set.
Notes
Storage
Keep unopened jam in the freezer for up to 1 year, and opened jam in the fridge for up to 3 weeks.