Apple Or Pear Ginger Jam

Name: Apple Or Pear Ginger Jam
Ingredients: 4 lbs apples, peeled and cored to make 4 lbs; sugar; water; 4 -8 ounces preserved gingerroot, rough chopped (ginger in a sticky syrup); 2 lemons, juice and zest of, grated

5 ingredients

7 steps

Ingredients

4 lbs apples, peeled and cored to make 4 lbs
sugar
water
4 -8 ounces preserved gingerroot, rough chopped (ginger in a sticky syrup)
2 lemons, juice and zest of, grated

Directions

1

Use a trivet under the pot.
2

Stew the apples gently in 10 fl.oz. water until applesauce consistency (I mash with potato masher).
3

Add 12 oz. by weight of sugar for each pint (20 fl.oz.) of apple sauce and bring to the boil. Simmer lightly.
4

Add the lemon juice and rind.
5

Weigh,rough chop the ginger and add to apples.
6

Bring back to boiling point (caution this scorches easily). Test for set. This is quick because of the natural pectin.
7

Bottle in sterilised jars.