Cherry & cinnamon conserve
By Mary Cadogan
Cooking time
Prep: 30 mins Cook: 25 mins Ready in 55 minutesSkill level
EasyServings
Makes about 1kgCherry jam is a great way to make the taste of summer go on and on, if you can manage not to eat it all at once
Nutrition and extra info
Additional info
- Vegetarian
- Vegan
- Dairy-free
- Gluten-free
- Egg-free
Nutrition per tbsp
- kcalories
- 36
- protein
- 0g
- carbs
- 9g
- fat
- 0g
- saturates
- 0g
- fibre
- 0g
- sugar
- 9g
- salt
- 0g
Ingredients
- 1kg cherry, stoned
- 1 cinnamon stick
- zest and juice 2 lemon
- 500g jam and sugar with added pectin
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Method
- Put a couple of saucers into the freezer. Roughly chop about a third of the cherries. Put into a large pan with the cinnamon stick, broken in half, the lemon zest and juice and 150ml water. Bring gently to the boil, then reduce heat and simmer for 20 mins, stirring occasionally, until cherries are softened.
- Add the sugar, stir until dissolved, then increase the heat and boil hard for 4-5 mins until the conserve is softly set. To test this, take a saucer from the freezer and spoon a little jam onto it. Push your finger through the jam; if it wrinkles on the surface it is ready. If not, reboil for a few mins more, then test again. Spoon into small clean warm jars, seal and label. Once open, keep in the fridge.
Recipe from Good Food magazine, July 2008
Comments, questions and tips
Comments
I enjoyed making my jam, it was not as difficult as I thought it would be. I had to boil the jam for about 20minutes more than stated and I put less water in , all together I have made 8 pounds so far,there will be more as we have a cherry tree, so it will be a good way to use them up ,the jam is delicious.
This is so delicious! It's cooling in my kitchen as I write. This was the first time I've made jam and it wasn't as difficult as I'd imagined. I ended up boiling it for about 15 mins after adding the sugar because I wasn't sure of when it had reached setting point; I was expecting it to wrinkle as soon as I put it on the saucer, but it needed to sit for about 30 seconds first.