Canned Plum Sauce

Like many others the boys in my house love plum sauce with their chicken. I thought I would try my hand at it this year and it turned out to be really easy, just a little time consuming. With plum season starting I will definitely be making a second batch.

Ingredients: about 10 jam jars

• 2 cups brown sugar (lightly packed)
• 1 cup white sugar
• 3/4 cup finely chopped onion
• 1 tbsp red pepper flakes
• 2 tbsp mustard seed
• 1 tbsp salt
• 2 cloves of garlic finely chopped
• 1 tbsp ginger root finely chopped
• 1 cup of cider vinegar
• 10 cups chopped and pitted plums

Instructions:

1. Combine all of your dry ingredients in your pot. 
2. Mix in your onion, garlic and ginger root.
3. Pour in your cider vinegar and heat on medium heat until the mixture comes to a boil. 
4. Add your plums and return the mixture to a boil. 
5. When the mixture starts to boil turn down the heat and let it cook down until the sauce thickens this can take anywhere from 45 minutes to 2 1/2 hours. 
6. Put the sauce into hot jars and process in a hot water bath. For me this took about 25 minutes but check based on your altitude. 
7. Leave the jars to cool undisturbed for 12 - 24 hours.

Enjoy your plum sauce but please use caution when handling hot tools and ingredients. Please follow USDA guidelines for canning.