{"id":95549,"date":"2017-11-21T21:09:00","date_gmt":"2017-11-21T21:09:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2023-01-06T21:41:17","modified_gmt":"2023-01-06T21:41:17","slug":"spiced-kiwi-and-apple-jam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cvnextjob.com\/index.php\/2017\/11\/21\/spiced-kiwi-and-apple-jam\/","title":{"rendered":"Spiced Kiwi and Apple Jam"},"content":{"rendered":"
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My jam and preserve making tends to follow a slightly erratic randomness with no fixed rules other than the sugar to fruit ratio and this batch of Spiced Kiwi jam made no exception! My late and beloved Nanny J was a fabulous jam maker and queen of the marmalade and I take pride in keeping her memory alive with my somewhat experimental jam making and hope I can do her memory justice! I sadly have none of her actual jam or marmalade recipes other than a couple of random cookery books with notes and clippings but I hope she is looking down with happiness at my feeble attempts with some pride!<\/div>\n

What triggered this particular batch of jam mostly was that I had bought the preserving sugar on a whim, reduced to 50p a bag (how could really I not resist!) and whilst I had offered some to my aunt, she politely declined and it left me with my 4kg of preserving sugar to play with! It was something quite new to me \u2013 I am lazy and have always got away with using regular sugar with the odd apple for luck but as the kiwi fruit were packing their bags and about to make their final bid for bin bag freedom, it was time to see if they could make a harmonious match\u2026.so other than a brief amount of stirring the pan into the night I really didn\u2019t have much to lose..<\/p>\n

It was quite a frugal jam \u2013 as well as the sugar being reduced the kiwi also were purchased yellow stickered, weirdly I have found I can\u2019t tolerate kiwi eaten raw anymore \u2013 my mouth goes painfully fuzzy but fortunately the jam is edible and doesn\u2019t affect me and I was glad not to have thrown the poor little kiwi away!<\/p>\n

Fortunately despite the jam initially smelling slightly overwhelming spicing wise and had me slightly doubting if my brain was wired correctly it was in fact the perfect amount when finished \u2013 its fragrant, a little punchy and makes for excellent hot buttered toast or muffins, or crumpets ..or whatever you want to toast or bake really!<\/p>\n

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Here it is adorning my recent batch of Banana Pancakes<\/a>:<\/div>\n
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Makes 2 standard sized jars<\/p>\n

Ingredients<\/strong><\/div>\n

5 kiwi fruit, ripe, peeled and cut into chunks
3 small eating apples, peeled and cored, cut into small chunks
420g preserving sugar
1 tbsp ground cardamom
1 tbsp ground ginger root<\/p>\n

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Place everything in a large heavy based saucepan and gently bring to the boil.<\/p>\n

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Then gently simmer for an hour or so, or until the mixture has broken down and thickened nicely. Use a hand blender to reduced to a more smoother jam if preferred.<\/div>\n

Pour into the prepared sterilised jars, put the lid on and allow to cool. Store in the fridge once opened and it will keep for a while – mine is still going strong!<\/p>\n

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Easy as that!<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

My jam and preserve making tends to follow a slightly erratic randomness with no fixed rules other than the sugar to fruit ratio and this batch of Spiced Kiwi jam made no exception! My late and beloved Nanny J was a fabulous jam maker and queen of the marmalade and I take pride in keeping her […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":95550,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-95549","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t