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Black Currant Jam

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United Kingdom

Known as a British recipe, with similar versions prepared across other nations.

  • Preserving. Old preserving methods may not make food safe to keep. Use current tested guidance.

Ingredients 3 ingredients

  1. Currants
  2. four pounds of fruit
  3. three pounds of sugar
Contains Sulphites Read from the ingredients, not verified. Check labels.

Cook safely

Keep children and pets away from the hob and the oven, and keep oven gloves and a lid within reach.

  • Boiling water and steam. Turn pan handles inward, away from the edge of the hob. Lift lids away from you, and pour hot water away from your body: steam burns too.

Method

  1. Pick the currants clean, bruise them, and add three pounds of sugar to four pounds of fruit.
  2. Boil them an hour, stir and skim the jam, put it into pots, and tie it down as before.

Plating

Cookware for this recipe

  • Saucepan
  • Wooden spoon
  • Slotted spoon