Give your holiday season a little extra sparkle with this Spice-Packed Christmas Jam! Perfect for spreading on toast, topping desserts, or even gifting in cute jars to friends and family. This jam combines seasonal fruits and warm spices for a taste that truly captures the magic of the holidays!
Ingredients:
3 cups (about 500g) fresh or frozen cranberries
1 1/2 cups (225g) fresh strawberries (hulled and chopped)
1 large orange (zest and juice)
1 apple (peeled, cored, and grated)
1 tbsp fresh lemon juice
1 tsp ground cinnamon
1/4 tsp ground cloves
1/4 tsp ground allspice
1/4 tsp ground nutmeg
5 cups (1 kg) granulated sugar
1 package (1.75 oz / 50g) powdered fruit pectin (or 1 pouch liquid pectin)
1/2 cup water
Instructions:
Get ready jugs: Sterilize your containers and tops by bubbling them for 10 minutes. Keep them warm until prepared to use.
Cook the natural product: In a huge, heavy-bottomed pan, combine the cranberries, strawberries, ground apple, orange get-up-and-go, orange juice, and water. Bring the blend to a bubble over medium warm, mixing once in a while until the cranberries burst (almost 10 minutes).
Add sugar and flavors: Mix in the sugar, cinnamon, cloves, allspice, and nutmeg. Proceed blending as the blend comes to a full rolling boil.
Add pectin: If utilizing powdered pectin, blend it with a small sugar some time recently including to dodge clumping. Blend in the pectin and bring the stick back to a rolling bubble. Bubble for 1-2 minutes whereas blending constantly.
If utilizing fluid pectin, mix it into the bubbling stick after the sugar and flavors, at that point bring it to a rolling bubble for 1 minute.
Test for setting point: After bubbling, you can check if the stick has come to the setting point by putting a little spoonful on a chilled plate. If it wrinkles when you thrust it, it’s prepared. If not, bubble for another miniature and test again.
Ladle into jugs: Once the stick is prepared, expel it from the warm. Scoop the hot stick into sterilized jugs, taking off 1/4 inch of headspace at the beat. Wipe the edges of the containers clean, apply the covers, and screw on the bands.
Process jugs: Handle the containers in a bubbling water shower for 10 minutes. Make beyond any doubt the jugs are completely submerged in water.
Cool and store: After handling, evacuate the containers from the water shower and let them cool on a towel or cooling rack. As they cool, you ought to listen the covers pop, demonstrating they are fixed properly.
Tips:
This stick makes a incredible occasion blessing when pressed in enhancing jars.
Serve it with toast, scones, or indeed with simmered meats for a happy touch.
Enjoy your sweet and spiced Christmas stick!