reducrrant chilli jam
- Preparation and cooking time
- Total time
- Easy
- Makes Jars
Ingredients
- 300gm redcurrants
- 1-2 red mexican chillies
- 5cm piece of fresh root ginger
- 3 oranges
- 150gm granulated sugar
Method
- STEP 1Put a saucer in the freezer.
- STEP 2Put the redcurrants in a saucepan.
- STEP 3Chop the chillies, pop them into the pan, seeds as well
- STEP 4Peel and grate the ginger, add to the pan.
- STEP 5Peel the zest from half an orange and cut into thin strips, add to the pan.
- STEP 6Half the oranges and add their juice and the sugar to the pan.
- STEP 7Heat on low and stir the juice and fruit together until sugar has dissolved, keeping it on a low heat. Check onthe back of a wooden spoon to ensure all the sugar is gone, You will be able to feel and see it if not dissolved.
- STEP 8Now bring to the boil and simmer for about 25 minutes, stirring ocassionally to ensure it doesn't stick to the bottom of the pot.
- STEP 9Check for a test by putting a teaspoon of the jam on the frozen saucer, wait a couple of seconds and run your finger through the jam, if it wrinkles it has reached settin point if not keep boiling and testing every 3 or 4 minutes, once it reaches setting point, take off the heat straight away.
- STEP 10If you are using a sugar thermometer it needs to be 105 degrees centigrade.
- STEP 11Pot up into your hot sterilised jar and lid it immediately.
- STEP 12This only makes one jar and doesn't use an awful lot of your chillies, but you can try it and see if you like it and then upsize it if you like. Someone else may have another recipe that you could try