Homemade Apple Jam

When there are abundant apple sitting in the fridge, I have no other option than making jam. I googled and searched for the recipe, as I have no experience in making jam at home. First I though it’s a tough job and need some extraordinary ingredients to prepare a jam ;-) But I was wrong. It’s really simple. After reading plenty of recipes, I started making it. I didn’t go through the ‘sterilizing canning jar’ part, which everybody was suggesting for storing the jam. Sterilizing the jar prevents the jam from bacteria/fungus, if they are going to be stored for long period of time. I just washed and dried the jar completely before transferring the jam. But if you are going to store the jam for more than one week, follow the sterilizing procedure. Here goes the recipe,

Ingredients:

Apple – 4

Sugar – 2 ½ cups

Water – ½ cup

Lemon juice – 1tbsp

Method:

Wash the apples and peel off the skin.

Remove the seeds.

Cut into square chunks.

Add the apple chunks to a heavy bottom pan.

Pour the water and close the pan.

Let them boil for 10min in medium flame.

Check if the chunks become soft enough to mash it, by pressing it with a ladle.

If they are not ready, cook them for 10 more min.

Once they are ready, mash it completely.

Add 2 cups sugar and stir well.

Close the pan and cook for 30min in low to medium flame.

Stir the jam in frequent intervals.

Add the remaining ½ cup sugar and cook for another 10 min.

Cook till the jam comes to semi-solid consistency.

Remove the jam from the fire.

Let them sit for few min, till they reach the room temperature.

Now add the lemon juice and mix well.

Transfer them to a clean and sterilized jar and close the lid.

Let the jam sit in the room temperature for 3 hours, and then refrigerate.

Wait till the next day to use the jam :-)