Small Batch Cherry Jam
Quick and easy small batch sweet cherry jam, with a bit of cinnamon spice and zesty orange.
Ingredients
- 5 oz pitted and halved sweet cherries
- 1 cup sugar
- ½ orange, juiced
- 1 teaspoon pectin
- 1 cinnamon stick (optional)
Instructions
- Place the cherries, sugar, orange juice and pectin into a deep sided saucepan over a medium heat.
- Cook over a medium heat, stirring occasionally until the sugar has melted.
- Add a cinnamon stick, if using.
- Continue cooking over a medium heat, increasing the heat slightly so that the mixture comes to a boil. Allow this to boil until it begins to thicken and reaches 220°F (105C) on a food thermometer.
- Remove from the heat and decant into a baking tray to cool quickly or into a heatproof storage bowl.
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