Middle eastern fig jam
Middle eastern fig jam recipe in the canning category
Recipe ingredients:
- 2 pounds dried figs, turkish, sun dried, if possible
- 1 1/2 pounds granulated sugar
- 25 ounces water
- Juice of 1/2 lemon
- 1 teaspoon ground aniseed
- 3 tablespoons pine nuts
- 1/4 pound walnuts, chopped
- 1/4 teaspoon pulverized mastic
Recipe method:
- Chop the figs roughly.
- Boil sugar and water with the lemon juice for a few minutes.
- Add the figs and simmer gently until they are soft and impregnated with the syrup, which should have thickened enough to coat the back of a spoon.
- Stir constantly to avoid burning.
- Add the aniseed, pine nuts and walnuts.
- Simmer gently, stirring for a few minutes longer.
- Remove from the heat and stir the mastic in very thoroughly. To be properly pulverized, it must have been pounded with sugar.
- Pour into clean, hot glass jars and seal as usual.
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