This homemade, pectin-free raspberry jam only has 3 or 4 ingredients and is pretty easy to make. It’s fruity, flavoursome and now the go-to fruit spread in the TN household!
Ingredients (small 8oz jar – easily doubled if required):
16 oz fresh raspberries, halved
1 cup sugar*
2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
1 tablespoon orange zest, finely grated (optional)
*use bone char free sugar if following a strict vegan diet
Utensils:
2 or 3 metal spoons
knife and cutting board
measuring cups and spoons
large heavy-bottomed saucepan
large heatproof or wooden spoon
zest grater (optional)
8 oz glass jam jar with lid**
**This recipe fills one small 8 oz jar but have at least two jars just in case it yields more
It’s important to sterilize the jars you’re going to use to make sure that any bacteria, yeast or fungi are removed — essential in making sure that the jam will not spoil — because you can keep this particular pectin-free raspberry spread in the fridge for several weeks. This is an easy process to do so don’t omit it! Click here for several ways you can sterilize your jam jars (I use the boiling method).
Important Note: Don’t add cold food to hot jars or hot food to cold jars as this can cause the glass to crack and/or shatter. When your jam is ready, spoon it into a still warm, sterilized jar.
Directions:
1. | Place the metal spoons in the freezer (you’ll use these to check if the jam is ready).
2. | Put the raspberries, sugar, lemon juice and orange zest (if using) into a large saucepan and bring to a boil over medium-high heat — stir continuously and use the back of the spoon to crush the fruit.
3. | Once it begins to boil, turn the heat down to medium and continue stirring/crushing the fruit until it reduces and thickens after about 15 minutes.
4. | Begin checking the fruit to see if it’s ready by dribbling a small amount of the hot jam onto one of the frozen spoons. Wait a few seconds then run your little finger through the jam — if it makes a clear path that doesn’t ooze and fill back in, it’s reached the desired consistency to set well. If it runs back on itself, keep heating and stirring for a few more minutes and then test again with another one of the frozen spoons.
5. | Take the jam off the heat and spoon carefully into your sterilized jam jar. Leave to cool to room temperature then seal and label with the date then store in the fridge for up to 4 weeks.
Enjoy this jam thickly spread on hot, buttered toast or warm pancakes. You can also swirl it through oatmeal or a cake/bake batter or dollop a spoonful on some vanilla ice-cream — *drools*.
This looks mouth-watering good!
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Thank you! It’s so delicious I’ve had it a few times this week!
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I would definitely love to make something like this. This looks good to add with some pancakes.
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Yes! So good with pancakes!
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Have made jams in my past love the frozen spoon tip.
Thankyou
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I’m glad the spoon tip was useful!
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I love a homemade jam! Raspberries are so high in pectin naturally that they give a really nice set 🙂
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Yes, the pectin naturally present in raspberries and the orange peel helps with a good set and of course the lemon juice is the acid to help the process along!
I love homemade jams too — by far the best type to have!
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I ran a jam and preserve making business for a little while and I used to love it when little kids would go past my stall and say in absolute awe “look Mum the strawberry jam has strawberries in it!” because commercially they get blended in.
My problem was that I was so good at making the jam but not at marketing it.
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That must’ve been so great to hear the kids be excited by the real fruit. I find the commercial stuff without any ‘bits’ nowhere near as delicious. I bet the stuff you made as part of your business was delicious!
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This looks so good! I am definitely going to have to try this!
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Thank you! I really hope you like it!
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Ooh thank you for sharing this delicious recipe! It looks fairly straightforward to make … and yummy! xxx
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You’re welcome!
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This looks delicious and so much simpler than the jellies I make which require straining. I’ll have to get some of my mum’s raspberries next summer to give it a go.
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I’m all for simple as I am not the best at making jam so I tried out variation of this and just found that it really worked. I hope when you make it that you enjoy it!
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