Cranberry Jam
Difficulty level Moderate
YIELD About 1 cup of jam
My son is bringing his girlfriend home for Christmas for the first time, and I thought I'd better make something more interesting than the usual dry toast for breakfast on Christmas morning. So I whipped up this cranberry jam this morning, and I can make some scones to have with it. There is still plenty of time if you want to make this cranberry jam for a Christmas gift, as well.
Jasmin gave us some recipes for preserves earlier this year, but this is a refrigerator jam and doesn't require the sterilization of jars. This is an extremely easy jam to make. The most effort required was the zesting the orange, which took only took a couple of minutes.
This jam is very tart and the orange zest gives it a bit of a marmalade taste. If you want a sweeter jam I'd say add another 1/4 cup of sugar. You could also use this as a topping for a cheesecake or a filling for tarts. There is a shortage of fresh cranberries this year apparently, and I certainly couldn't find any, so I used frozen and it worked out just fine.
INGREDIENTS
| 12 ounces | of cranberries (1 bag) |
| 1 1/4 cups | sugar |
| Zest of | |
| 1 | orange |
| 1 | cinnamon stick |
| 3/4 cup | water |
PREPARATION:
- Run the cranberries through a food processor until they are finely shredded. If you like a chunky jam, leave them whole or process them less.
- Put the cranberries and the rest of the ingredients in a 2-quart pan. Let them sit for about 10 minutes, then bring to a boil over medium heat, stirring frequently.
- Turn the heat to low and let the jam simmer for about 25 minutes, or until it hits a temperature of 220ºF. Remove from the heat and let cool, then put in the refrigerator.
From a November 26, 2007 post on The Kitchn