12.09.2009 Recipes No Comments

Cranberry and Apple Jam with Port Wine

Makes approximately 1.75kg

  1. Cranberries                                           500g
  2. Water                                                     150ml
  3. Sour Cooking Apples                         500g
  4. Sugar with Pectin                              1kg
  5. Fine Port                                               8 tablespoons
  • Place Cranberries and water in a saucepan
  • Add peeled and quarter cooking apples
  • Cover and simmer for 15 minutes until fruit is soft
  • Remover from heat, add sugar and stir until dissolved.
  • Return to heat, bring to the boil and boil for 4 minutes stirring occasionally
  • Remove from heat
  • Cool for 15 minutes, then stir in the Port
  • Pour   into warm jars
  • Cover when cold

From the Cook’s Kitchen

*Pectin is the setting ingredients for jam

Always use clean warm jars because pouring hot jam into a cold jar may cause it to crack or shatter.

Jars must be cleaned by placing them in a large saucepan of warm water and bring the water to the boil for 5 minutes.