Jamaica Banana Jam

Total Time: 30 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• 1/4 cup fresh lime juice (about one medium lime)
• 3 1/2 cups bananas, diced (firm, ripe ones work best)
• 2 1/4 cups sugar
• 1/2 cup water

Recipe

• 1 place lime juice in a one quart measure.
• 2 peel bananas and dice directly into lime juice.
• 3 stir with a wooden spoon.
• 4 keep stirring as you dice each banana into the lime juice to prevent darkening.
• 5 measure sugar and water into a wide 2½ quart saucepan, and stir to dissolve sugar as you bring syrup to a boil.
• 6 cover tightly for the first 2 minutes (so the steam will wash sugar crystals from side of saucepan) then uncover, add bananas (with lime) and boil over low heat for about 30 minutes or until thick.
• 7 stir often to prevent sticking, especially during last 10 minutes.
• 8 jam is done when a spoon scraped across bottom of pan leaves a track that closes slowly, or when jam mounds while stirring.
• 9 fill hot, sterilized jars quickly with the hot jelly or jam mixture, leaving 1/4 inch headspace.
• 10 wipe the sealing surface of the jars with a clean paper towel, dampened with hot water, to remove any jam or sugar crystals.
• 11 place lids, screw on bands finger-tight and process jars for 10 minutes in boiling water bath.
• 12 cool jars upright for 12-24 hours while vacuum seal is drawn and jam or jelly sets up. let the jars sit undisturbed while they cool.