Summer fruits jam

Excellent recipe. I defrosted a 350 gram bag of frozen raspberries and added an equal amount of caster sugar. I forgot to blend the fruit first so just mashed it all manually for a minute. At the end of the second microwaving it didn’t look thickened, so I added a squirt of lemon juice. After the final 2 minutes, I was surprised to see perfect jam. So easy, hardly any washing up and the result is delicious.

I made this today using PYO strawberries. I'd turned my AGA cooker off because of the hot weather but using the microwave was even easier as the 8 minutes gave the perfect setting point and it turned out delicious. The only trouble was that I had to do it in 4 batches as I'd picked so much fruit but hey-ho.

Thanks Mikey for your tip for 850w microwaves made blackcurrant jam in July and have just made my first strawberry jam tonight. It has the thumbs up from both my son and my husband. This recipe is great if you just want a couple of jars of jam or don't have a lot of fruit to make a large batch. Have tried it with the jam sugar but didn't have any tonight so used granulated and pectin by following the instuctions in the pectin packet. Looking forward to some blackberry jam soon yummy!!

Just made this & worked out fine although I had to add another 3-4 mins (using a 850w microwave) Will be using again, sooo much easier.

I love damsons and the jam is my favourite. We have accesss to loads and I also make Damson Gin. Of course there is the problems of the damson stones. To overcome this I gently cook the damsons, without the sugar and freeze in useable blocks. To make the jam I just defrost and use equal quantaties of sugar. Ordinary granulated is OK if you put in a squeeze of lemon juice. I cook for approx 3 mins, stir. Cook 5 mins, stir. Final 5mins then put in warm jars. (I put a bit of water in jars and microwave for a couple of mins). Remember to put your jars on a cork/wooden board or similar to prevent cracking the jars. My microwave is E rated so it is trial and error as to what suits your equipment. I have been known when making jam too thick to make another lot straight away that is thinner and mix them. Or if too thin putting it back in for a bit longer. Anyway microwaving beats standing over a hot cooker fishing out stones.

I make my jams in a three pint Pyrex jug. Find it safer to handle than in a bowl. Trouble is find a full pound of fruit and sugar can boil over, so just make 12oz at a time. Anyway that is a couple of jars and as it is so easy to make this way no problem to make another batch.

Excellent jam receipe - so easy especially as I had never made jam before. I used blackberries and the jam is fab - only problem is I had to guess the timings due to the wattage.

oops! forgot the T in "scrumptious". Need to check my spelling b efore I post it!!!!

Used timings given in recipe. My microwave is 900W, and I used Blueberries which resulted in a soft set, but they were still "scrumpious" on buttered scones...Yum!

It takes much longer than the suggested 8 minutes. My first batch ended up like a coulis as I didn't cook it long enough. Very easy once you have got the hang of your timings.