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- Caramel and Pear Jam
- Slightly adapted from here
- Ingredients:
- 1kg Pears, peeled and finely chopped
- 300g sugar
- 10g vanilla sugar
- 1 lemon, zest and juice
- 1 Vanilla bean with the seeds
- 2cm ginger peeled
- 25g powdered pectin
- 50ml dark rum
- For the caramel:
- 100g sugar
- 50ml cold water
- 50ml hot water
- Since the amount of sugar in this recipe is quite small,You can use pectin to help it thicken.
Инструкции
- Put a Saucer in a freezer so you can test the thickness of your jam later.
- For the caramel, combine sugar and cold water in a small heavy-bottom pot. Cook on medium heat until sugar dissolves and starts to get a dark amber color. Remove from heat, stir in the hot water and cool to room temperature.
- Puree approximately 2/3 of the prepared pears in a blender.
- In a large heavy-based pot combine chopped pears, puree, sugar and vanilla sugar.
- Add caramel, zest and juice of one lemon, vanilla seeds and ginger . Put it on high heat and cook, stirring occasionally until it boils and starts to bubble.
- If it starts to froth,skim the surface with a spoon.
- Reduce heat to medium and simmer for approximately 30-40 mins, stirring frequently.The juices will start to evaporate and the jam will thicken,keep stirring continuously towards the end of cooking time to prevent it from burning.
- When the pears have cooked through and most of the juices have evaporated, discard the vanilla and the ginger .
- Add pectin and cook on high heat, stirring constantly, until the jam thickens some more. This should take a few minutes.
- Test the thickness of your jam. Take the Saucer out of the freezer and put a teaspoon of jam on it. The coldness of the Saucer will instantly cool the jam and you will see how thick it will eventually be.
- If it's too thin, return to heat and cook until it reaches the desired thickness.
- Add rum and remove from heat.The purpose of adding alchohol is that it stops sugar from cooking further!!
- Ladle the hot jam into clean sterilized jars. Store in a cool and dark place and enjoy!!!!!!!
