Blackcurrant Ribena Jam
Original blog post: https://greedygirlcooks.blogspot.com/2020/09/blackcurrant-ribena-jam.html
Ingredients
2 ¼ cup black currants
1 ½ cup white sugar
½ teaspoon lime zest
Instructions
- Wash black currants, strain remove stems, and add to a pot with sugar
- Place on high heat and allow the sugar to melt stirring constantly
- One the sugar is melted and starting to heat up reduce the flames to medium-low and allow the berries to cook in the sugar
- Once it starts to foam up and start to bubble use a potato masher and mash all the berries
- let it cook for another 20 minutes stirring occasionally
- Add the lime zest and stir
- Test the temp, you want it to be around 218 to 220 the jam will be liquidly
- Strain and remove the seeds, but keep all the pulp
- Pour into a sterilized jar and allow to cool, as it cools it thickens
- Store in the refrigerator.
Greedy Tips:
- Yes three ingredients and no water, sugar is a wet ingredient so most times if a jam uses a huge amount of sugar there is no need for water.
- I did not use a thermometer in making this. I do not own an instant-read, so I used my judgment and experience in making jam. If you are unsure make sure to use an instant-read thermometer.
- Do not add the lime or lemon juice only the zest. It's for added flavor the juice would make an already sour fruit even more sour.