Jam recipes

Make the most of the fruit in your garden. Jam recipes are easy, and your jam will come out right every time if you follow our simple step-by-step guide.

Jam recipes

Sweet jam recipes

Gooseberry jam

Gooseberry jam

For ‘green’ gooseberry jam you have to use very firm, slightly under-ripe fruit. Here we used a mixture of mostly green ‘cooking gooseberries’ with a few red dessert ones, which gives it a rich, red colour.

Blackberry and apple jam

Blackberry and apple jam

A straightforward and very satisfying blackberry and apple jam recipe.

Mascarpone butter on almond thins with fresh strawberry jam

Mascarpone butter on almond thins with fresh strawberry jam

Jazz up a plate of strawberries with nutty biscuits and mascarpone 'butter'.

Honey rice pudding with pear and Rioja jam

Honey rice pudding with pear and Rioja jam

Rice pudding is an oldie but a goldie - give it a modern twist by serving it with pear and wine jam in this easy recipe.

Mulled cranberry and apple jelly

Mulled cranberry and apple jelly

This lightly spiced jelly is perfect with roast meats such as lamb, beef and turkey, and it’s equally delicious on toast.

Marmalade

Marmalade

Making marmalade is a pure joy and brings with it that lovely smug feeling of having several jars sitting in the larder to see you through the year.

Victoria plum preserve

Victoria plum preserve

When plums are barely ripe, they're high in pectin and natural acid (which helps the pectin set) so you don’t need to add lemon juice or jam sugar to help the jam set. Use this jam, along with whipped cream, to fill a classic Victoria sponge cakes.

Apricot and ginger jam

Apricot and ginger jam

Good apricots, when perfectly ripe, have a beautiful perfume and taste. This is a great breakfast jam. Learn How to make jam.

 


Savoury jams

Cherry tomato and sweet chilli jam

Cherry tomato and sweet chilli jam

This deliciously sweet yet spicy jam goes beautifully with cheese and home-made biscuits.

Chilli jam with ginger and lemongrass

Chilli jam with ginger and lemongrass

This brilliant condiment captures the flavours of the East, and will keep for up to a year.

A trio of relishes: Pickled cucumber salad, Pickled red onion & Red onion jam

A trio of relishes: Pickled cucumber salad, Pickled red onion & Red onion jam

Nothing is better with sweet, soft, tender rillettes than a sharp tangy relish.

 

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