To be eaten with cold meats or cheese platter - Makes approx. 1.5. Litres - Great gift idea
Chili Jam
Ingredients
150g long fresh red chillies, each deseeded and cut into about 4 pieces
150g red peppers, cored, deseeded and cut into rough chunks
1kg jam sugar
600ml cider vinegar
You will need:
6 x 250ml sealable jars, with vinegar-proof lid or oil paper to wrap round the jar.
Method
Sterilize your jars and leave to cool.
Put the cut-up chillies into a food processor and pulse until they are finely chopped. Add the chunks of red pepper and pulse again until you have a vibrantly red-flecked processor bowl.
Dissolve the sugar in the vinegar in a wide, medium-sized pan over a low heat without stirring.
Scrape the chilli-pepper mixture out of the bowl and add to the pan. Bring the pan to the boil, then leave it at a rollicking boil for 10 minutes.
Take the pan off the heat and allow it cool. The liquid will become more syrupy, then from syrup to jelly-like as it cools.
After about 40 minutes, or once the red flecks are more or less evenly dispersed in the jelly (as the liquid firms up, the hints of chilli and pepper start being suspended in it rather than floating on it), ladle into your jars or pour into a jug and pour into your jars. If you want to stir gently at this stage, it will do no harm. Then seal tightly.
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