Pumpkin jam
Ingredients
- 1800 g pumpkin (weight of sliced and diced pumpkin)
- 600 g of sugar
In general: You need a ratio of pumpkin to sugar that is 3-to-1
Materials
Pot, wooden spoon, jars and marker
Recipe
- Dice pumpkin in small pieces (small cubes of ~0.5 cm a side)
- Put pumpkin and sugar in a pot and cook till the juice comes out (do not add water)
- When it starts to boil, turn down the heat and let simmer (boil slowly) till all the pumpkin is soft and smashed
- Clean some jars carefully with boiling water
- Divide the pumpkin jam in the jars when its hot and close immediately
- Turn the jars upside down till the jam cools down to room temperature
- Label the jars properly and store them in the pantry