This is great for when you have a large amount of flavorless grocery store fruits that will flop if baked in a fruit-centric dessert, such as pie or cobbler. I made this using peaches that my grandparents got from the food bank, feel free to use any sort of crappy jam making fruit you have around the house.
Ingredients
- Bad, bland fruit (not rotten though!)
- Sugar in weight that is 0.4 times the fruit
- Store bought jam
Procedure
Cut up your fruit into small pieces and add the sugar. Leave to rest in the fridge for 24 hours. This draws out the water from the fruit so you don’t need to cook it down as much. You do not want to lose the little flavor there is in the fruit through excessive cooking. Place the fruit in a medium saucepan on medium heat with the juices and cook until there is foam that appears on top. Skim off the foam and keep cooking until the mixture has thickened slightly. Continue skimming off foam in the process. Add the store bought jam and stir until homogeneous. Place in jar and continue with canning procedures or simply place in fridge if you know you will use it up quickly. Enjoy on cake, scones, toast, ….. everything really!
Stop and Smell the Flours 