Get Pickled Feijoa Jam

12:00 am on 29 March 2021

I created this jam a few years ago, it's a little different but is so yummy. It's a great pour-over on ice cream, pancakes or, not sure if anyone these days makes steam puddings or crumble puddings like my Mum and Nan used to.

Feijoa Jam

Photo: Love Food Hate Waste

Ingredients

  • 1 kg of feijoas chopped or minced
  • 2 cups of sugar, raw or brown, brown will make this jam sweeter, it's your choice 
  • 60 gm of crystalised ginger minced to an inch of its life 
  • 1 vanilla pod (fresh and good quality) split, seeds scraped out and pod all put in the mix.
  • Juice and zest of 1 lemon

Method

Boil until the setting point is reached, remove the vanilla pod prior to bottling in sterilised jars.