Instant Pot Peach Jam

Name: Instant Pot Peach Jam
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 25 min
Ingredients: 2 Pounds Peaches; 1/2 cup Brown Sugar (Packed); 1/2 cup Granulated Sugar; 1/2 Lemon; 2 tbsp Cornstarch

Ready in less than 20 minutes, this Instant Pot Peach Jam is the perfect way to preserve the sweetness of Summer! This jam is perfect on your favorite scone or topped on vanilla ice cream!

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What Ingredients Will You Need?

In the height of Summer, the peaches are the sweetest and this is an amazing way to preserve that sweetness. Strawberry Jam and Blueberry Jam are fantastic in the Instant Pot too!

Ingredients laid out on a white wooden background

Peaches- You'll need two pounds of peaches per 1 cup of sugar. Depending on the size of your peaches, it's about 6 peaches.

Sugar- Honey would work well here too if you do not want to use sugar. The brown sugar adds a bit of richness that you can't get from plain white sugar. Monk fruit sweetener would work as well, but lower the amounts to ⅔ cup of sugar instead of the full cup. Monk fruit sweetener tends to be much sweeter than regular sugar.

Cornstarch- I rarely, if ever, have pectin on hand. Cornstarch acts as the thickening agent for this jam. You'll need to cook it a little once it is done pressure cooking to activate the thickening.

Lemon- The lemon balances out the sweetness from the sugar and from the peaches. If you don't have lemon, feel free to leave it out.

Step By Step Instructions

A close up of the chopped peached in the Instant Pot — **Step 1:** Wash the peaches thoroughly, discard the pit, and cut them into small pieces, about a half an inch in size. If you do not want to cut them or you prefer, once you cut the pit out of the peach, you can add the peach meat to a food processor and process for 1-2 minutes until the peaches are the size of peas.

The Cornstarch is being added to the INstant Pot Peach Jam to thicken it — **Step 2:** Add the peaches, brown sugar, granulated sugar, and juice of a half a lemon to the Instant Pot. Stir everything thoroughly to combine. There is no need to peel the peaches because the peels will melt away with the high pressure of the Instant Pot.

A close up of the cooked jam in the Instant Pot

Step 3: Close the lid of the Instant Pot and turn on high pressure for 1 minute. Yes, just 1 minute! In order to cook the peaches at the high pressure, the Instant Pot heats up for about 10 minutes, but it only cooks the peaches at the highest pressure for 1 minute.

Step 4: After the 1 minute is up, allow the Instant Pot to naturally release for 15 minutes. After the Instant Pot has naturally released, open the lid. The jam will look very soupy, and that's ok! Mix 2 tablespoons of cornstarch with 2 tablespoons of water. Pour that into the Instant Pot. Press "Sauté" and cook the jam for 5 minutes, stirring constantly. The jam will easily burn at this stage, so make sure you are stirring constantly.

Step 5: After 5 minutes of sautéing is up, allow the jam to cool slightly before adding it to jars. This will make 2 pint jars of jam. Enjoy!

Recipe FAQs

Can this recipe be doubled or tripled?

Absolutely! As long as your Instant Pot is big enough to handle that amount of jam. Stick to the ratio of 2 pounds of fruit to 1 cup of sugar. The timing would remain the same.

What are other variations of this recipe?

- Feel free to add some other stone fruit into this. Nectarines and plums would also make a wonderful jam!
- Use frozen fruit! If you don't have fresh peaches on hand, feel free to use frozen peaches. Peaches are frozen at the peak of ripeness, so they would make a wonderful jam!

How do you store this jam?

This jam can be stored in the refrigerator for a week. This jam recipe is not suitable for canning. You can freeze this jam for up to 3 months. If you are going to freeze jam, do not freeze in glass jars. Allow the jam to cool completely and then add it to freezer safe containers.

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An overhead shot of the Instant Pot Peach Jam in a jar

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