This surprisingly simple to make kiwi jam with balanced tangy, tart, and sweet flavor is perfect for toast, oatmeal, and pastry toppings. Make a fresh batch of homemade kiwi jam as a wintertime treat or gift them to your family members or loved ones.
Why You Will Love This Recipe
Basically, the season for cooking various jams and marmalades is summer because nature provides various and delicious fruits in this season. But there are also jams that are specific to other seasons of the year and are prepared with the fruits of that season. For example, orange peel marmalade, pumpkin jam, or kiwi jam.
- Versatile and easy: This homemade no-fuss jam only needs three ingredients. There’s no pectin and preservatives at all. Delicious kiwi jam with no complicated cooking method.
- Tart and sweet flavor: Kiwis are slightly tart. When paired with sugar create a balanced sweetness. This kiwi jam is tangy and sweet, packed with flavor.
What You Need To Make Kiwi Jam
- Kiwi: When buying kiwi fruits, choose fragrant and slightly soft ones. Stay away from kiwi fruits with wrinkles on the skin.
- Sugar: This jam should have a balanced sweetness and you should not add too much sugar to it. Perfect balanced tangy, tart, and sweet flavor.
- Lemon juice: The addition of lemon juice is one of the factors that helps the jam to firm up. The other two are the cooking time and the amount of sugar you have added.
How to Make Kiwi Jam
Use a knife to cut both ends off the fruit then peel the sides. Slice or Chop kiwi fruits into fine pieces. If you want the texture of the jam to be smooth, you can mash the kiwi fruits. Then put them in a large pot and pour sugar over them. Place the pot in the refrigerator, without adding water. Let it sit in the refrigerator for 3 to 5 hours. This process causes the kiwi fruits to release their juices and helps the sugar to dissolve. Add lemon juice and mix. Put the pan on the heat and bring it to a boil then reduce heat to simmer for 30 minutes. Stir the jam continuously at this time. When the jam reaches gel stage, remove from heat and pour it into prepared canning jars.
Pro Tips To Make Kiwi Jam
- Kiwi fruits are high in pectin, and there’s no need to add store pectin.
- The addition of lemon juice is one of the factors that helps the jam to firm up. The other two are the cooking time and the amount of sugar you have added.
Why Jam Or Marmalade Turn Cloudy?
When cooking kiwi jam, do not put the lid on. Because the jam becomes cloudy and dark in color. Turn down the heat while cooking so that the syrup does not overflow.
How Long Does It Take for Jam to Set?
The jam will start to set within a few minutes, but let it sit for at least for 4-6 hours to fully set.
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Ingredients
- 500gr kiwifruit
- 250 gr sugar
- 1 tablespoon lemon juice
Instructions
Step 1
Use a knife to cut both ends off the fruit then peel the sides. Slice or Chop kiwi fruits into fine pieces. If you want the texture of the jam to be smooth, you can mash the kiwi fruits.
Step 2
Then put them in a large pot and pour sugar over them. Place the pot in the refrigerator, without adding water. Let it sit in the refrigerator for 3 to 5 hours.
Step 3
This process causes the kiwi fruits to release their juices and helps the sugar to dissolve. Add lemon juice and mix. Put the pan on the heat and bring it to a boil then reduce heat to simmer for 30 minutes.
Step 4
Stir the jam continuously at this time. When the jam reaches the gel stage, remove it from heat and pour it into prepared canning jars.
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