FiFi’s fig Jam
The figs are delicious this time of year so why not whip up some fig jam for the winter months? No. Don’t sit there and say “as if I’m ever going to make jam”. You can and you will. You will surprise yourself and most importantly impress your friends. Then you even might want to eat it.
·1 kg. of figs
·750 gm. of sugar
·Juice of ½ a lemon
·Handful of chopped lemon rind
·Cut up the figs into halves getting rid of those ends.
·Throw them into a big saucepan. I say big. Bigger is better. Means that when the sugar boils it won’t spit out at you, which can hurt. Cooking is supposed to be fun not a war zone.
·Mash the figs with a potato masher but don’t go crazy if you want it be a bit chunky.
·Add lemon juice and zest and sugar.
·If you feel like it let them sit there and marinate for a couple of hours.
·Sit down and read the latest Vanity Fair and do your nails.
·Get up go back into the kitchen to bring those figs to the boil.
·Let them boil on low heat but keep stirring now and again so it doesn’t catch the bottom. Watch it all become thick and glossy (sounds like an ad for hair care)
·After 15 mins or so it might actually look like jam. You can see it happening.
·Let it cool and pout into jars.
Smother you gorgeous home made baked bread with lashings of unsalted butter and your delicious home made fig jam.
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