Hey everyone, hope you are having an incredible day today. Today, we’re going to make a distinctive dish, blackcurrant jam. It is one of my favorites. This time, I will make it a little bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Blackcurrant Jam is one of the most popular of recent trending meals on earth. It’s easy, it is fast, it tastes delicious. It is enjoyed by millions every day. They are fine and they look wonderful. Blackcurrant Jam is something that I have loved my entire life.
If you don 't have a cooking thermometer, put a saucer in the freezer. Sterilise the jars you want to use. Blackcurrant jam is one of those things that you just can't find in stores.
To begin with this recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can cook blackcurrant jam using 3 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.
The ingredients needed to make Blackcurrant Jam:
- Get 2 lbs blackcurrants
- Get 2 lbs sugar
- Make ready 1 pint water
This is a thick, rich, decadent jam that packs a punch. It's dense with the glorious flavour of blackcurrants, which spread thickly on toast. Blackcurrant jam is one of the easiest jams to make, as the skin of blackcurrants is so high in pectin that you don't have to add any extra and will always set if you use the ingredients and method. Spiced blackcurrant jam: Infuse a cinnamon stick and star anise in with the boiling jam.
Steps to make Blackcurrant Jam:
- Destalk and wash blackcurrants.
- Add them to a pan with 1 pint of water and simmer.
- Add the sugar to the pan and simmer gently until it is all dissolved. (Check on the back of a wooden spoon that there are no granules left before bringing to the boil.)
- Once sugar is dissolved bring to a rolling boil for 15 mins. Place your clean empty jars (not lids) on a tray in the oven to warm.
- Remove the pan from the heat and check if the jam's setting by pouring a small amount on a chilled plate; once cool push the jam with your finger and if it 'wrinkles' it is ready, if not boil again and re check. Once ready remove from heat and allow to cool for 15 minutes. (When using less sugar the set may not be as obvious, so after 25 minutes its ready.)
- Remove heated jars from the oven. Add the jam right to the top. Add a wax circle and close the lid. Label and store.
- Enjoy.
- Mrs Blackbird sneaking under my chair while de-stalking to steal a few blackcurrants…. sorry not your year…
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