Mixed Fruit Chocolate Jam
 
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Recipe type: Jam
Serves: 4 large bottles
Ingredients
  • 4 apples diced up
  • 2 cups red grapes
  • 3 bananas
  • 2 cups diced srawberries
  • 2 plums diced
  • 2 apricots diced
  • 1 cup sugar (use accordingly)
  • a pinch of salt
  • Juice of 1 large lemon and the peel
Equipment
  • Knife and cutting board(everything cleaned very well)
  • Measuring cups
  • 2- to 3-quart, heavy-bottomed pot
  • A masher
  • A wooden spatula or a steel large spatula
  • Clean half-pint jar with lid or small bottles(washed, sterilized and dried)
  • 4 teaspoons chilled in the freezer
Additions:
  • 2-3 tbsp valhorna cocoa(optional)
  • 1 tsp cardamom(optional)
Instructions
  1. In a thick bottomed pan, preferably a steel or a copper pot, add all the cut fruits. Add the sugar, pinch of salt and lemon juice and the rind(peel) of one lemon. Keep the rind large so you can fish it out later.
  2. Bring it to a boil and keep stirring so the bottom doesn't scorch.
  3. Mash the fruits a bit with a masher. You can use electric hand blender for a smoother texture.
  4. Keep stirring for about 15 minutes. When you see the bubbles have become smaller, take out a spoon from the freezer and add a drop of the fruit on it and see if it sets. If it stay as a blob and doesn't spread then your jam is done. Another way to test if the jam is done is take some on the spoon and run your finger on the back, if it leaves a path, then it's done. You can also drop a small drop on a plate and see if it spreads.
  5. Check for sweetness, if you want more, add more and keep stirring till it's done. Jam almost gets done in about 20-25 minutes.
  6. Add the cocoa to half the batch if you bottle it up. You can add more or less of cocoa or omit it altogether.
  7. Bottle it up in clean sterilized bottles.
  8. If you plan to use it throughout the year, you could boil the filled bottles in a huge pot filled with water for about 10 minutes.
  9. It stays great up to a year if you properly can it and sterilize everything very well before hand.
Notes
This jam could be frozen too, just leave ½ inch of head space for expansion.
Use as much sugar or less you want, because it depends on how sugary the fruits are.
Fruit varies in water content as well, and some fruits may take longer to jam up. Pay attention to to the bubble size, sheeting, and use the spoon test!
REMEMBER- Home made jam is of thinner consistency because we do not add any pectin. If you do like thick set jam, then add some pectin to it.
Additions: Your can add any spice you want, you can omit the cocoa and cardamom.
Recipe by Food Fashion Party at https://www.foodfashionparty.com/2015/08/03/mixed-fruit-jam/