...into the yellow mess!
It’s winter and my home-made jam was almost exhausted... What to do? I found fresh pineapples and added fresh ginger for some spiciness: a perfect delicious winter jam!
ingredients:
- 750 g pineapple trimmed & chopped
- 150 g ginger trimmed & chopped
- 100 g limoncello
- 500 g preserving sugar type 2:1
equipment:
- an electric blender/stand mixer
- about 5-6 jam jars w/ screw top 215 ml each for about 250 g jam
how to:
- Lay your hands on empty screwtop jam jars. Clean them & rinse w/ hot (very hot - almost boiling!) water. Use a fresh tea towel for drying.
- Trim the pineapple - only use very ripe, but not brownish parts. Chop everything as small as possible & put 750 g in a bowl.
- Trim the ginger - only use juicy soft parts. Chop as small as possible & put 150 g aside.
- Put the limoncello & the ginger & part of the pineapple in the blender & blend.
- Add rest of the pineapple & blend again. Take care that some small pieces stay alive - or spare them the blending.
- Pour the mess in a pot, add the sugar & mix thoroughly.
- Bring to a boil & boil for about 4-5 min accruing to the preserving sugar rules.
- Fill immediately in the waiting jam jars, put on the screwtop & turn upside down.
Notes
Pineapple: I had 2 pineapples; each amounts to 400-500 g after trimming.
Ginger: It’s best to use only the soft & juicy parts - nevertheless if it gets somewhat hard (like „woody“) it’s ok as long as your blender can manage to crush it.
Amount of ginger: Ginger is spicy. If you like it less spicy just substitute pineapple for ginger like using only 100 g ginger or even 50 g ginger.
Limoncello: Instead of limoncello you may use lemon juice. You may also reduce the amount of liquid to 50 g (& add more pineapple instead!).
Preserving sugar: I used preserving sugar (type 2:1) meaning 1000 g fruit & liquid for 500 g sugar. You may also proceed w/ the classic preserving sugar (type 1:1) - meaning you add 1000 g preserving sugar (type 1:1). In this case you’ll need at least 2 more jam jars!
When a jam jar has been opened store in the fridge afterwards.