Pickles and Preserves Recipes -
Tomato Jam (Preserve)
Recipe
Ingredients
-
1 kg/2 1/4 lb ripe
tomatoes
-
2 cm/1 in fresh
root ginger
-
grated peel of 1 orange
-
juice of 1 lemon
-
1 kg/2 1/4 lb (5
cups) pectin sugar
Makes about 500 g/18 oz jam
Method:
-
Coarsely chop the tomatoes and put in a saucepan.
Add 200
ml/7 fl oz
(7/8cup) water and bring to the boil. Simmer for 10
minutes. Pass through
a sieve, return to the saucepan
and leave to
cool.
-
Peel the ginger, slice thinly and chop
very finely.
Add the ginger together with the orange zest,
lemon
juice and preserving sugar (containing pectin) to
the mashed tomatoes.
-
Boil the jam (preserve)
vigorously over a high heat for 5 minutes until it
sets.
-
Pour the hot tomato jam (preserve) immediately into
jars with a
screw-top
lid. Allow
to cool down upside down.
Note:
Tomato jam (preserve) is a delicious snack that can
be enjoyed at any time of the day, on white bread or
on coarse brown bread.
Tomato
Recipes - Tomato Jam (Preserve) Recipe