Easy Raspberry Jam | Waitrose

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There’s nothing quite like homemade jam and this classic version is made with fresh raspberries and it’s incredibly easy to make now to begin with pop the raspberries into a large saucepan i’m just going to turn on the heat and cook them really gently and i’ve got a lemon i’m just going to

Take off the zest just use a fine grater and then we also need the juice so let’s just cut it in half squeeze it out and the lemon juice has got pectin in and it’s pectin which is going to really help our jam to set well

Now if we just look back at our pan you can see that the juices have started to run on the raspberries and that’s what we want to see so i’m just going to break them down a little bit now the back of a wooden spoon and keep some texture in there

Now i’m just going to add the sugar and i’m using jam sugar and again it’s got added pectin which will help with that set in that goes and add the lemon zest and juice now give it a good stir and we’re keeping the heat gentle still just until that sugar dissolves

Now this is a classic raspberry jumbo if you wanted to you could flavor it maybe with some vanilla or a star release or a nice slice of root ginger now the sugar has dissolved so i’m going to lift out my spoon and raise the heat and it needs to bubble quite vigorously

Now for about five or six minutes just until we reach setting point now that’s had its time so i’m going to test for setting so just get a teaspoon and pop a little bit onto a plate and then pop it into the fridge for a couple of minutes

Now to test for setting we want to see a wrinkle so just push the surface of the gem with your finger and if it wrinkles like this we know it’s going to set really well so while it’s still hot a label is probably the easiest tool for

This job spoon it into a sterilized jar and you want to go just a few millimeters from the top of the jar now i’m using a kilner jar so i’m just going to seal it and leave it to set if you’re using a traditional jam jar just

Pop on a wax disc and a cellophane lid and then leave it to set so there we have it easy raspberry jam