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Gooseberry jam with orange and lemon balm
Super easy recipe for gooseberry, orange and lemon balm jam, perfect for breakfast toast or with a cheese platter.
Ingredients
- 300 g gooseberries
- 1 orange zest and juice
- 1 tbsp lemon balm chopped
- 200 g sugar
Instructions
- Pick through the gooseberries removing turfts etc
- Add the gooseberries, orange zest and juice and sugar to a pan and simmer till sugar has completely dissolved then boil for 15-20 minutes
- Mash down the gooseberries in the jam with a potato masher as they soften and become tender
- Skim off any scum on top of the jam
- Add the chopped lemon balm just before you ladle it into a sterilised jar
Notes
calories shown are for full amount of jam.
This jam will keep for up to a year, once opened store in the fridge and use within a month
Nutrition
Calories: 971kcalCarbohydrates: 247gProtein: 4gFat: 2gSaturated Fat: 1gSodium: 7mgPotassium: 864mgFiber: 16gSugar: 212gVitamin A: 1377IUVitamin C: 154mgCalcium: 142mgIron: 1mg
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