Gingered Fig Jam
Gingered Fig Jam

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Great recipe for Gingered Fig Jam. 'Tis fig season! :) Love this stuff with all kinds of cheeses, on toast or biscuits, with ice cream, over plain cheesecake, mixed into plain yogurt. Since I don't can for long storage, I don't go through the usual canning sterilization rigmarole. Be the first to review this recipe.

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To begin with this particular recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook gingered fig jam using 7 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make Gingered Fig Jam:
  1. Get 1 pound very ripe Mission Figs, stemmed and quartered
  2. Prepare 3/4 cup sugar to start (you may like it sweeter - I tend to like my jams a little less sweet than the average storebought)
  3. Make ready 1/3 cup water
  4. Prepare 2 Tablespoons maple syrup or honey
  5. Take 1 Tablespoon lemon juice
  6. Prepare 1 pinch kosher salt (a little less than 1/8 teaspoon)
  7. Prepare 1-2 Tablespoons grated fresh ginger, depending on how gingery you like things. I find 1 Tablespoon subtle but detectible

Experience the simple goodness of Cooper's Mill! No forks or spoons required, just easy-to-pick-up party foods, so you can clean up in no time. Again, be aware of scorching, keep a close eye on this jam pot, or this could happen. Left: Figs and ginger macerating in sugar Right: fig jam beginning to firm up after first simmer This homemade fig jam recipe is made with three simple ingredients and yields a medium-sized batch.

Instructions to make Gingered Fig Jam:
  1. Place all the ingredients but ginger in a large saucepan, give them a couple of good stirs and place on medium heat until all the sugar melts.
  2. Let the mixture come to a very gentle boil for 2 minutes or so before giving the jam a few good stirs and turning the heat down to not quite medium low.
  3. Let the jam very gently simmer and reduce (that means barely detectible movement on the surface with the very occasional slow bubble), uncovered, for anywhere from 45 to 60 minutes, depending on how thick you like your jam.
  4. At the halfway mark (about 20 to 25 minutes into the simmer) mash the jam with a potato masher or a fork to the desired consistency, and stir in the ginger. Continue to simmer another 20 to 35 minutes, stirring occasionally - every 10 minutes or so should be good. Never let the heat get so high that you can scrape solids from the bottom of your cooking vessel. This will result in an oddly iron-like flavor to downright burnt flavor if the heat is way too high.
  5. Give the jam a taste, remembering that it'll always taste slightly sweeter when thoroughly cooled than it does warm. If needed, add a little more sugar or maple syrup or honey for sweetness, a tiny bit of salt if the sweetness still tastes flat, or a teaspoonful of lemon juice if you want a little more tartness.
  6. Let the jam cook another 5 minutes after you adjust the seasoning, cut the heat, give it a few good stirs, and let it cool thoroughly, uncovered (you don't want condensation to water down your jam, which will also make it more likely to spoil faster), before putting it in a container to refrigerate.
  7. Enjoy! :)

Fresh figs with peel, sugar, and lemon juice (with no added pectin) simmer until they reach a gel stage. The result is a spreadable, sweet, and thickly textured jam that you can preserve and use throughout the next year or keep in the fridge to use right away. Gingered Fig Jam Spoon onto English muffins, dab it on crackers and top with a sliver of Brie cheese, or slather it on toast points and top with smoked salmon or salmon caviar. This delightful blend of rich figs, zesty lemons and fiery ginger makes for a wonderful fruity preserve or even a tasty edible gift. The jam is actually pretty good.

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