Pineapple Jam
"Lovely tropical jam"
- Ready In:
- 2hrs 30mins
- Ingredients:
- 3
- Yields:
-
1 1/2 kg
ingredients
directions
- Slice the tops off the pineapples then cut off the peel in strips, cutting deep enough to remove the'eyes'.
- Cut the pineapples into thick slices, cut out and throw away the hard core and dice the remaining flesh.
- Weigh the fruit.
- Add the same weight in sugar.
- Put fruit into a saucepan.
- Warm the sugar.
- Allow 1 lime for each 450g fruit.
- Peel the zest and finely slice.
- Halve and squeeze the limes, keeping the pips and juice.
- Roughly chop the lime halves.
- Put them with the pips on a square of muslin and tie up tightly into a bag with a long piece of string.
- Put the lime zest and juice into the pan with the pineapple and tie the muslin bag string to the pan handle.
- Stir over a low heat until the sugar has dissolved.
- Increase the heat and bring to a boil, then simmer, stirring occasionally for about 90 minutes.
- Remove the pan from the heat.
- Test for set.
- Discard the bag, squeezing it first to extract all the juice.
- Lightly skim off any scum using a long handled metal spoon.
- Immediately pour the jam into warmed sterilized jars to within 3 mm of the top.
- Seal the jars and label.
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RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
Missy Wombat
Australia
I'm an ex-pat NZer living in the tropical Top End of Australia. Which makes it a perfect place to make homemade bread and summer recipes all year around. I experiment on my 3 kids who have grown up trying new Zaar recipes every other day and they are thriving.
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