Grape jam from overripe grapes

Do you have plenty of grapes but cannot eat them all? If you are not into wine making you can turn the extra fruit into a delicacy. It only requires a few minutes in the kitchen.

Grape jam is not that common, but that makes it all the more delicious. Try it and you will love it. Here are detailed instructions for anyone to make it

Grape jam – a quick recipe

Ingredients:

• grapes 1000 g
• 500 g granulated sugar
• water 100 ml
• juice of 1/2 lemon or a teaspoon of citric acid

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Procedure:

Wash berries thoroughly and put them in a saucepan. Pour water over them and bring it to boil. Make sure grapes are soft and mushy. Strain mixture (if you used berries with no seeds, you can blend it). Pour the mixture back to the saucepan, add sugar and lemon juice (citric acid) and cook until it reaches the desired thickness. If grapes were very ripe and sweet, you may need to add another teaspoon of citric acid to make it congeal quicker.

Pour hot jam into small (sterilized) jars, close with lids and turn upside down for 5 minutes. Make sure jars or glasses are airtight. Now boil them in water again at 80°C for 15 minutes. Just to make sure that they are sterilized well.

Handy tips

You can add flavour and spices to grape jam, just like to any other compote or jam. Make sure you add spices during boiling but remove them before you pour the jam into glasses. It may also use wine. Choose the wine according to the colour of the grapes and boil grapes in the wine instead of water.

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