Homemade Fruit Jam
By: Kevin Tu
Published: Friday, December 10, 2010 - 1:02am

Ingredients




1 cup lrg  fruit pulp
1 cup lrg  sugar
1/4 teaspoon Citric acid
1/4 teaspoon Or less essence
Few drops colours

Preparation

1 All hard fruit (eg. apples) used should be boiled and peeled, and cut in hot water. Cut and boil fruit in very little water till soft. Blend with manual mixie. Add sugar and cook on high flame. When sugar dissolves completely, add citric acid.Stir and cook till thick. Add colour and essence while hot. 2 Variation - Mixed Fruit Jam 3 Apples 1kg, Papayas 1/2kg, Bananas 3, Chickoos 3, Orange or sweet lime 3, grapes 1/4kg, Sugar 1 1/2kg (mixed fruit). Citric acid 2 teaspoon, essence 3/4 teaspoon 4 Method as above. 5 Note :The jam is ready when 6 The jam bubble begin to burst and contents tend to fly all over. when taken on a saucer,the water does not separate taken on a spoon and swayed, it forms wrinkles 7 General Tips:- Preservative proportion 1kg sugar =1/2 teaspoon citric acid 8 Bottling:Pour the hot jam in clean, dry, wide-mouthed jars or bottles. Cool well. 9 Pour carefully so that air bubbles are not trapped in the jam. Pour a thin layer of molten wax on it. Close tight and store.