🌰 Fig jam 🌰 by @papi.mati

papi.mati (72)✅in SteemFoods • 4 years ago

_{cover prepared with Canva}

Fig jam

Jam made of figs has its pros and cons. It's definitely delicious and, comparing to other marmalades, quite healthy (although it's still full of sugar, so don't overuse it). It can also be made very quickly, what's quite unusual, as most of the jams requires few hours of boiling. From the other side, in most places around the world figs are quite expensive which makes that product less available. I would recommend you to make few jars though. You can store it in dark and cool place, as unopened lasts for a year or even longer.

Ingredients

🌰 800 g of dried figs
🌰 1l of water
🌰 2 glasses of sugar
🌰 2 spoons of vanilla extract
🌰 1 lemon
🌰 Pinch of salt

Preparation:

1️⃣ Cut all the dried figs into halves. All kind of figs will be fine - white, black and Turkish. Put it in the pot with the water.

2️⃣ Add two glasses of sugar and boil it all on the low fire until figs will be soft. It should take around 30 minutes. It's good to mix it twice or three times during that process.

3️⃣ Separate the water from the figs but don't throw it away. You may need it later. Blend all the figs.

4️⃣ Add the vanilla extract and the juice from the small lemon (or half of the big one). Make sure that seeds did not fall into the jam.

5️⃣ Blend everything once again. If the consistence of your jam is not satisfying, you can add some of the water from boiling to thin it out. If you will not use all the water, you can use the rest to make the jelly of it - just add some gelatine or agar-agar and leave it to cool.

6️⃣ if your jam is cool, heat it again and put it in the jars. Remember that jars have to be perfectly sterile, you can use boiled water to burn them. After closing the jars pasteurize them by putting them in the hot water and boil for 15-20 minutes. Remember that jars shouldn't touch each others neither shouldn't touch directly the pot. Use some cloth to separate them from the pot.