kuckucksmuehle:recipes:pumpkin_jam

Pumpkin jam

  • 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

Pot, wooden spoon, jars and marker

  1. Dice pumpkin in small pieces (small cubes of ~0.5 cm a side)
  2. Put pumpkin and sugar in a pot and cook till the juice comes out (do not add water)
  3. When it starts to boil, turn down the heat and let simmer (boil slowly) till all the pumpkin is soft and smashed
  4. Clean some jars carefully with boiling water
  5. Divide the pumpkin jam in the jars when its hot and close immediately
  6. Turn the jars upside down till the jam cools down to room temperature
  7. Label the jars properly and store them in the pantry
  • kuckucksmuehle/recipes/pumpkin_jam.txt
  • Last modified: 2017/05/03 18:06
  • by aimeejulia