Apple Jam (with Jonathan Apples)
- 6 Apples (Jonathan apples)
- 280 grams Sugar
- 1 lemon worth Lemon juice
- Wash the apples carefully, since the peel will be used too.
- If you use a peeler you can peel the apples easily.
- For a small amount of apples, a knife is fine.
- Cut the apples (700 g) into 8 pieces (or smaller).
- Cut the cores into half, and remove the stem and bottom end bits.
- Put the peel and core (totaling about 400g), 1/2 a lemon worth of juice and 800 ml of water in a pan, and simmer over high heat for about 30 minutes.
- Stir occasionally with a wooden spatula.
- When the cores have fallen apart and the spatula feels heavy, strain the contents of the pan through a piece of clean muslin (or cheesecloth) to extract the pectin liquid.
- Add the fruit and 1/2 a lemon worth of juice to the pectin liquid (which should be about 500 g), and simmer over high-medium heat while stirring with a wooden spatula.
- When the mixture has been reduced by about 2/3, add the sugar in 3 batches 5 minutes apart.
- If you want the jam to have a longer shelf life, increase the amount of sugar to 500 to 600 g.
- When simmering the jam, try not to stir it up too much.
- Shake the pan instead while trying not to crush the fruit for a preserves-type jam.
- The result is a subtly sweet, pretty apple jam with pink colored jelly surrounding the fruit.
- Since this recipe only uses a small amount of sugar, it's not suited to keep for a long time.
- After Step 3, take out the cores and peel, and store the jam in the freezer.
apples, sugar, lemon worth lemon juice
Taken from cookpad.com/us/recipes/168955-apple-jam-with-jonathan-apples (may not work)