French Fig Jam Recipe

🧂 Ingredients

• 300 g 11oz raw cane sugar or unrefined golden sugar
• 1 cinnamon stick
• Zest and juice of 1 organic orange
• 1 kg 2¼lb ripe, juicy figs (preferably black mission or Turkish)
• 1 tablespoon lemon juice

Instructions

• 1 Wash the figs thoroughly under cool running water.
• 2 Pat them dry with a clean towel.
• 3 Remove the stems and quarter them.
• 4 In a large saucepan, combine the quartered figs, raw cane sugar, cinnamon stick,
  orange zest, orange juice, and lemon juice.
• 5 Stir gently to mix the ingredients well.
• 6 Place the saucepan over medium heat.
• 7 Stir continuously until the sugar has dissolved completely.
• 8 Bring the mixture to a gentle simmer.
• 9 Allow the mixture to simmer for about 45 minutes.
• 10 Stir occasionally to prevent sticking and burning.
• 11 You’ll know it’s ready when it has thickened and achieved a jam-like
  consistency.
• 12 While the jam is cooking, sterilize your jars by boiling them in water for 10
  minutes.
• 13 Dry them carefully on a clean towel.
• 14 Using a ladle, pour the hot fig jam into the sterilized jars.
• 15 Seal them immediately with sterilized lids.
• 16 Let them cool at room temperature.

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