Description
Sweet summer memories bloom in this homemade Blackcurrant Jam, capturing the essence of ripe berries from French countryside gardens. Local ingredients and simple techniques create a preserve rich with deep purple intensity you’ll savor on warm toast or delicate pastries.
Ingredients
Scale
Main Ingredients:
- 4 cups (960 milliliters) blackcurrants
- 1.5 cups (300 grams) white sugar
Additional Flavoring:
- 1 tablespoon (15 milliliters) lemon juice
Processing Ingredient:
- No additional processing ingredients
Instructions
- In a spacious saucepan, merge fresh blackcurrants with granulated sugar and zesty lemon juice, positioning over gentle heat.
- Gently agitate the mixture, ensuring sugar completely melts and integrates with the fruit, using a wooden spoon to softly crush currants.
- Gradually elevate the temperature, allowing the concoction to transition into a vigorous rolling boil while continuously stirring to prevent scorching.
- Monitor the temperature precisely, maintaining a consistent boil until the mixture reaches the critical 220°F jam setting point, approximately 8-10 minutes.
- Carefully extract the saucepan from the heat source, swiftly transferring the molten jam into thoroughly sanitized glass preserving vessels.
- Allow the jam to rest and stabilize at ambient temperature, leaving containers unsealed initially to release residual steam and prevent condensation.
- Once the jam has cooled completely and reached room temperature, securely seal the jars with sterilized lids, preparing them for storage or immediate consumption.
Notes
- Check currant ripeness by choosing plump, deep purple berries for maximum flavor intensity.
- Adjust sugar quantities based on fruit’s natural sweetness; start with less and taste progressively.
- Use wooden spoon for gentle mashing to preserve fruit texture and prevent burning at pan bottom.
- Consider adding pectin if jam doesn’t thicken naturally, especially with low-pectin fruit varieties.
- Prep Time: 5 minutes
- Cook Time: 8 minutes
- Category: Breakfast, Snacks, Desserts
- Method: Boiling
- Cuisine: British
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 4
- Calories: 193
- Sugar: 47 g
- Sodium: 1 mg
- Fat: 0 g
- Saturated Fat: 0 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 0 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 50 g
- Fiber: 1.5 g
- Protein: 0.5 g
- Cholesterol: 0 mg