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Super easy carrot jam with carrot cake spices
Carrot cake jam has all the spices and taste of your favourite carrot cake but in a jar!
Ingredients
- 800 g carrots
- 2 oranges juice and zest
- 1 lemon juice and zest
- 300 g jam sugar
- 150 g dark brown sugar
- 1/2 tsp mixed spice
- 1/2 tsp ground ginger
- 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
- 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
- 50 g walnuts chopped
Instructions
- Peel and chop the carrots
- zest and juice the lemon and oranges
- Cook the carrots in the fruit juices till tender
- Blitz in blender then return to the pan and add the sugars and spices
- Once sugar has completely dissolved raise heat to boil and cook till setting point
- Stir in the walnuts then ladle into sterilised jars
Notes
Mixed spice is rather like American pumpkin pie mix or apple pie mix.
I have given approximate calories etc for a tablespoon of carrot jam per serving.
Nutrition
Calories: 85kcalCarbohydrates: 19gProtein: 1gFat: 1gSaturated Fat: 0.1gPolyunsaturated Fat: 1gMonounsaturated Fat: 0.2gSodium: 20mgPotassium: 121mgFiber: 1gSugar: 17gVitamin A: 4476IUVitamin C: 8mgCalcium: 20mgIron: 0.2mg
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