Easy Peasy Kiwi Fruit Jam

I don’t like jam. At least this is what I’ve been tellling myself up until today when I had what would have been my sixth spoonful of jam. Seems I was wrong. When I told a friend that I planned on making jam they put an image in my head of me standing for a prolonged period of time over a stove stirring and stirring until I wanted to jam the jam recipe up someone’s behind and be done with the whole thing. Not this recipe. Seems it is a day for contradictions and discovery and what nicer thing to dicover than a love of a really easy to make jam!

Ingredients

About 8 kiwi fruits, peeled and chopped
1 red delicious apple, peeled, cored and chopped
Juice from two limes
1 cup caster sugar

Recipe

The recipe I had I changed a bit because a) I think it assumed I had some prior knowledge of jam which I really didn’t, and b) I think that the people who write recipes involving microwaves don’t expect that the people making them have really small inexpensive microwaves where the term “high” may mean something completely different.
1.    Combine the kiwi, apple and lime juice in a small microwave safe bowl. Cover and microwave on high from 3 minutes. Remove cover and stir in sugar.
2.    Microwave uncovered on high for three minutes but stopping to stir at every minute. This is to get the sugar to dissolve through.
3.    Microwave in 5 minute intervals uncovered until the jam is “set”. This took me about 20 minutes. To test if the jam is set put a teaspoon of it in the freezer on a saucer for 2 minutes (just to get it to room temperature faster). If when you run your finger through it stays separated it is set! Keeping popping it in the microwave for a minute or two if it hasn’t set yet.
4.    Spoon the hot jam into sterilised jars, and secure lids. Sit the jar upsidedown for 5 minutes then turn right side up and let cool. Should keep for three months in the fridge.

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