Fig Jam recipe

Hi everyone,

I was given about 2 kilos of gorgeous dark figs yesterday and thought I might make fig jam with them. They're very ripe and so I don't think I could do much more with 2 kilos other than jam. I'm sure I could google this (and I have) but was hoping for a recipe that someone knows personally. I realise jam is pretty basic but wasn't sure if there are combinations (like fig with other fruits or with liquors) that someone out there may have tried and knows is super yummy.

with thanks in advance
Mel

Fig and ginger - yumski. Any fig jam recipe from t'Internets will do, then add 1 heaped teaspoon of powdered ginger per 1lb / 450g.

K

MMmmmm. That sounds good. But I don't have powdered ginger at home, I have fresh ginger. Would you put the same amount in if it were fresh?

Thanks for the tip.

Be sure to make small batches at a time, else the jam won't "set" (thicken, become jell-like)!

Hi Gummibaerchen,

I think I made that mistake with the last jam that I made - strawberry. I now use it as strawberry topping with ice-cream. I noticed that I needed to cook today's jam a little longer than the recipe said simply to get it to a decent thickness. I hope it sets. It's all in jars now. Am just leaving it stand after boiling the jars for 20 minutes. Will maybe wait a week before I open one to test it out.

Melbel, I just made nectarine jam today. Which reminds me, if you put three small plates or saucers into the freezer when you start thinking about making jam, then when you think it might be about ready, drop some juice onto one plate, wait a minute and then push against it with your finger. If it crinkles then the jam is ready to pot. Don't know where I got that from.

I don't use gelier sugar or whatever, but add some lemon juice if it's a fruit without too much pectin.

Fresh ginger won't work as it's fibrous and would make a pretty yucky "mouth feel" for the jam. Crystallised ginger would work, tho' - probably 1:5 ginger:fig when you make the jam.

FWIW, the powdered stuff is cheap and easy to find in most supermarkets ("Ingwer pulver")

K