Homemade Strawberry Mango Jam
This beautiful red orange tinted Strawberry Mango Jam has a doubliciously fruity taste. The sweetness of the fragrant strawberry hits your tongue first followed more slowly by that special unique tangy sweetness of the mango.
- Prep time
- 5 min
- Cook time
- 6 min
- Yield
- 20 servings
- Difficulty
- MEDIUM
Ingredients
Quantities are shown as originally provided.
- 2 cups mango cubes, 300g
- 1 lb strawberries, 450g, hulled and quartered
- 1 1/2 cup sugar, 300g
- 1/2 lemon, juice of
- 1/2 lemon, rind of
- pinch salt
Instructions
- 1
Place 3 spoons in freezer for use in the jam spoon test later.
- 2
In small heavy bottomed pot add quartered strawberries, cubed mangoes, sugar, lemon juice, lemon rind, and salt and cook over medium heat.
- 3
Mash the fruit as it cooks, leavings bits here and there unmashed if you like your jam chunky. Stir continuously for 6 mins or so until fruit mash becomes thick.
- 4
Adjust sugar to your taste, being careful of the very hot jam when tasting.
- 5
Test jam with the spoon test by removing a frozen spoon from the freezer, place a bit of jam on spoon and place back in freezer. If the jam stays thick and jam like when it cools down, then jam in done. If not, continue cooking for another couple of mins and then retest.
- 6
When jam is done, remove from heat and let cool completely.
- 7
Sterilize a glass jam jar with a bit of boiling water. Pour in your jam, screw on lid and keep refrigerated for up to 2-3 weeks.