Instant Pot Peach Preserves

If you need a good way to use up the fresh peaches that you’ve picked during this peach season or a new pie recipe, this Instant Pot Peach Preserves recipe can be made in a few simple steps and is a great way to use up those juicy peaches. 

Using the Instant Pot is an easy way to turn pounds of peaches into a tasty small batch jam or preserve recipe without liquid pectin. Everything you need can be found at the grocery store and cooked in the inner pot of an electric pressure cooker.

This preserves recipe is essentially like fruit butter and a great way to make a sandwich or toast with a new fresh flavor. You can also grab a spoonful of jam or preserves mixed with cottage cheese for a tasty little snack.

Recipe Ingredients:

• Fruit: for this recipe, you will need fresh peaches
• Sugar: you will need to use brown sugar or coconut sugar
• Juice: you can use either fresh lemon juice or juice from the container
• Zest: using fresh orange zest adds amazing flavor it this peach freezer jam
• Seasoning: you can cinnamon for an added depth of flavor, but you can skip it if you prefer
• Extract: vanilla extract is necessary to bring the flavors together

How To Make Instant Pot Peach Preserves:

1. Blanch, peel, and chop (optional). Bring a large pot of water to a boil. Add the peaches and boil for 5 minutes. Transfer the peaches to a bowl of ice water and let them sit for a few minutes. Peel the peaches and chop them (discard the pits). If you choose not to blanch and peel the peaches, just chop them and discard the pits. 
2. Load the pressure cooker. Add the chopped peaches, brown sugar, lemon juice, orange zest, cinnamon, and vanilla to an Instant Pot. 
3. Cook. Seal the Instant Pot and cook the peaches on high pressure for 1 minute. Allow the pressure to release naturally. 
4. Reduce. Remove the lid of the pressure cooker and set it to saute mode (on high). Saute until most of the liquid has evaporated from the peaches, stirring occasionally. This should take roughly 15 minutes. 
5. Cool. Transfer the pressure cooker peach jam to mason jars and allow it to cool. 
6. Chill. Once the preserve has cooled completely, seal the jar and store it in the fridge. While you can enjoy homemade peach preserve right away, it gets better if you let it chill overnight. 

Expert tips for making homemade jam and preserves: 

Do I need to chop the peaches?

You do not need to chop up the peaches if you do not want to. It depends on the texture of the peach preserves that you like. Preserves tend to have larger chunks in them for a thick consistency. 

What is the difference between jam and preserves?

The easiest way to describe the difference between jam and preserves is the texture of the final product. Homemade peach jam is normally made from mashed fruit, whereas, preserves use larger chunks and sometimes whole fruit to make the spread.

Storage Instructions:

Fridge: After you are done making this easy instant pot peach preserve (or easy instant pot peach jam), place the liquid in clean jars and store them in the fridge for up to a month.

Freezer: To keep the preserves good for a longer period, make sure you have a good seal on the glass jars, and store the preserves made from your perfectly ripe peaches for up to 3 months. 

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