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Carrot, Orange and Ginger Jam

 

Apparently, it is Mad Hatter Day today. I don’t know what this means. He’s not my favourite ‘Alice’ character. I’m a bit of a Cheshire Cat person myself. With a soft spot for the Queen of Hearts, mostly because she has a bit of gumption, a bit of character and I am prone to Queen of Hearts behaviour  sometimes. But not as much as I used to be. Have neither the energy nor inclination.

Anyway, by popular demand, here is the recipe I used for the Carrot, Orange and Ginger jam I made yesterday. As I said, I halved the recipe but feel free to mix up a vat of the stuff using the full recipe below, if you think you’re hard enough! I suppose a lot of it will depend upon whether you will grate everything by hand (as I did) or whether you’ll set about it with some magical grating machine.

Here we go...

Ingredients: Full recipe

1.5 kg carrots, peeled and grated

3 onions, peeled and grated

6 tablespoons of fresh root ginger, peeled and grated (I used the blocks of frozen ginger you can buy - much easier, which you will appreciate if you’ve ever tackled peeling and grating the fresh stuff!)

750 mls apple cider vinegar 

750 mls water

600g brown sugar

1 tablespoon fresh thyme leaves (thank you, Damson Cottage herb garden!)

1.5 teaspoons cayenne pepper

Zest of 1 lemon

Zest and juice of 3 oranges

1 tablespoon salt

1 teaspoon ground black pepper


Method:

1) Place all  ingredients into a large pan. Bring to boil and cook for 5 minutes, stirring occasionally.

2) Reduce heat and simmer for 45 minutes until thickened.

3) Ladle into sterilised jars. Seal whilst hot.

4) Mature for 1 month in a cool, dark place.

Job’s a good ‘un! 

Must go now - the mincemeat has almost finished cooking and I need to sterilise my jars! 

Comments

Anonymous said…
Fabulous, thank you. Carrot jam it will be next time the ingrates reject their carrots 👍🏻
6 October 2020 at 17:38
Anonymous said…
Sweet. Thanks!
KJ
6 October 2020 at 21:42
Denise said…
Ladies, you are both very welcome. Carrot jam will be trending before we know it!
7 October 2020 at 09:17
Vera said…
Sounds lovely..... didn't know that you could get frozen ginger. Have memories of peeling fresh ginger, and took ages for my finger nails to get back to normal!
7 October 2020 at 16:40
Denise said…
Vera, you can indeed get frozen ginger. It’s been a revelation! It’s frozen in tablespoon blocks. No peeling awkward knobbly bits, no finding a piece of shrivelled up ginger root at the back of the fridge. Straight from the freezer, sliced up with a knife - instant ginger!
8 October 2020 at 08:27
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