Friday 18 March 2016

Raspberry Jam - Quick, Easy And Delicious

I came across a recipe for an old-fashioned pudding in a cookbook originally published in 1926.  One of the ingredients is jam or jelly, no quantities given.  You had to know what you were doing in those far off days:=)  It would have been easy to use the bought jam we had in the fridge (I had forgotten about it actually), but I felt it would be a lovely thing to make my own.  So I did.  





I found a quick and easy recipe in a book by Annabel Langbein, one of my fave TV cooks.  I have had mixed success with jams; one of my interesting attempts was to make jaboticaba and strawberry jam.  Not realising how much pectin was in the dark skin of this Brazilian fruit, my jam became like toffee and needed a jackhammer to get it out of the jar.  Sadly I had no jackhammer, so it eventually went the way of the dinosaur.




you can just see my Polish kitchen angel on the shelf 


No problems with Annabel's jam though.  It turned out wonderfully well if I do say so myself.  Mr P. had a lick of the spoon and said it was the best raspberry jam he had ever eaten.  High praise indeed. 



Ingredients:


500g. raspberries, fresh or frozen

500g. sugar - I used caster

1 tsp butter


Method:


Place the fruit and sugar into a wide, deep saucepan 


Bring to the boil while stirring - this took 15 minutes, probably 'cos I used frozen fruit

Add the butter

Now boil fast and furiously for 8-10 minutes 

Spoon into warm, sterilised jars - this made about 600mls of jam


Tips:

Test the jam by placing a small amount on a cold saucer; if a skin forms, you know it is ready

Sterilise the jars by washing in hot, soapy water then rinsing and sticking in a low oven - about 130C for 20 minutes

Make sure the jars are still warm when you put the jam in; you don't want them to crack


  
just 3 ingredients   


stir till it boils  


once boiled, throw in the knob of butter   



boil madly for 8-10 minutes      


testing on a cold plate to see if ready 



ladle the jam into a Pyrex jug, then it's easy to pour into the jars     



such pretty, glossy jam   



I can't wait to try it in my pudding!  Which I will post next week, so hold onto your horses till then.



my jammy foodle

10 comments:

  1. Just beautiful! I buy fresh raspberries in bulk when they are cheap, and then freeze them.

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  2. Hi Sherry.I like the fact that frozen raspberries can be used as that's all we can get here?

    I hope it tasted as good as it looks.

    xx

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  3. I love Annabel! And I love making jam! This really is speedy Sherry....will try this one. Probably the quickest yet :)

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  4. Ooh I've never used butter in a jam! I bet it gives it a nice gloss! :D

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    1. I thought it was odd but it looks so shiny and lovely Lorraine

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  5. Love that your recipe used frozen berries, fresh ones tend to be a bit expensive!

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    1. Yes it is great. Fresh ones cost a fortune. :)

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