Best Blackcurrant Jam
There are hundreds of recipes for blackcurrant jam out there. The vast majority use just three ingredients; blackcurrants, lemon juice and sugar, but they are missing a trick. We’ve been making blackcurrant jam using this recipe for years and, when we have entered it into various food competitions it always wins! It is, quite literally, the best blackcurrant jam you will ever make. And, the best thing is that it is really easy!
Best Blackcurrant Jam
Servings: 130 15mg servings
Calories: 54kcal
Ingredients
- 1 kg Blackcurrents stalks removed and berries washed
- 900 ml Water
- 1.65 kg Caster Sugar
- 1 whole Lemon juiced
Instructions
- Put the washed blackcurrants into a large heavy bottomed saucepan or a jam pan. Add the water and lemon juice and bring to a very gentle simmer. Simmer for 2 hours until the fruit is soft and pulpy and the liquid is deep and rich in colour
- Add the sugar and bring the jam to a boil. Boil hard for 5 minutes and then test of for a set. You have reached a set when you drop a small amount of jam onto a cooled plate and then run your finger through it. If it wrinkles, it is ready and you have reached a set
- Pour into steralised jars and put the lids on as quickly as you can. Leave it for 24 hours and then try very hard not to eat it all too quickly!
Nutrition
Serving: 15g | Calories: 54kcal | Carbohydrates: 14g | Protein: 1g | Fat: 1g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 1g | Sodium: 1mg | Potassium: 25mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 13g | Vitamin A: 18IU | Vitamin C: 14mg | Calcium: 5mg | Iron: 1mg
Oh be still my beating heart! So many happy memories at my nana’s house picking blackcurrants and watching/helping her make jam. How I love blackcurrant jam and whilst I make every other fruit into jams I’ve never made my own blackcurrant jam. I’m going to source blackcurrants this year and make it! You’ve inspired me. Thank you
(Ps came across your recipes whilst looking for a good lasagne recipe, Gino’s it turned out great thanks)
Glad you found it. Blackcurrant jam is our favourite and we get all our friends who grow them to give them to us too in exchange for a few pots of jam when we’ve made it. This jam regularly wins awards so we think we’ve got it about right!