For many Jam making is something associated with the WI or those with domestic goddess leanings and lots of time on their hands. But let me tell you readers it doesn’t have to be like that.
Those of you who were kind enough to read my lemon curd post a couple of weeks ago and thought that was easy well believe me this is even easier. Even the most kitchen phobic of us could produce this little jar of molten ruby goodness without so much as a single second of cooking related stress.
Firstly, I must point out this is not my recipe and I take absolutely no credit for it. Like many of the delicious food things in my life it comes from the ever reliable Nigella, and is found in her book ‘How to be a domestic goddess’,
To make this all you need is:
- 250g each of frozen raspberries and sugar
- 2 shallow dishes
- 1 empty, clean and preferably sterilised jar
- An oven, preheated to 180C / 350F/Gas4
Simply place the raspberries in one dish and the sugar in another and place side by side in your preheated oven
Sit back, have a cup of tea, and 25 minutes later remove the raspberries and sugar from the oven and immediately pour the sugar onto the raspberries. The raspberries will bubble and gradually absorb the sugar. So gentle shaking is needed to encourage this.
And that’s it my friends. One jar of homemade raspberry jam to impress your friends and family with. The delicious aroma of warm raspberries that greets you when you open the oven door is one you will never get when opening a jar of shop bought raspberry Jam. I promise. Oh, and don’t forget to apply a home-made label for maximum ‘showing off’ potential.
Why not give it a go, and do let me know how you get on or share your own fail safe jam making recipes.