Rhubarb Jam Recipe: Garden Goodies

Rhubarb jam has to be one of the easiest to make.  I’ve been a bit lazy with the first batch from our allotment this year and just used preserve making sugar instead of adding lemon juice.  Last year, my rhubarb jam was just a tiny bit too runny, although it tasted gorgeous, but the hope was to have a slightly more set jam this time round.

I used the red stalks to make rhubarb crumble, so this jam is more brown in colour than the lovely reds that come from using red stalks.

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Rhubarb Jam Recipe: Garden Goodies

Lesley S Smith

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Cook Time 10 minutes mins

Total Time 10 minutes mins

Course Preserve

Ingredients

  

• 1.5 kg Rhubarb washed and cut into 1cm lengths.
• 1 kg Preserving Sugar

Instructions

 

• Put the rhubarb and sugar into your pan, mix and leave overnight. There will be a fair amount of slushy watery content in the morning. You might want to use a hand blender to mush down your rhubarb now, or you can wait until the mix is boiled, but at that stage, you would need to take much care, as you are dealing with boiling sugar.
• Bring your rhubarb to a slow boil, melting the sugar.
  
• Let the rhubarb bubble on a simmer for around 5 minutes, then test the jam on a plate, with a drop, then see if it sets. If it does not thicken, simply put it back on the heat for another few minutes until it reaches the desired consistency.
• Take the jam off the boil and leave it for ten minutes before you put it into you readied containers. Make sure these are sterilised and warm before you put hot jam into them.