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🍳 Sweet Melon Jam

21 kcal · 30 min · 4 servings

Ingredients

• 1 kg small melon (e.g. Galia, 1 small melon)
• 300 g jam sugar (2:1)
• 2 limes (1 of them in organic quality)

Instructions

1. 1. Rinse two screw-top jars (each with a capacity of 400 milliliters) with boiling water.
2. 2. Place the jars upside down on a kitchen towel and let them dry.
3. 3. Cut the melon in half.
4. 4. Remove the seeds using a tablespoon.
5. 5. Quarter the melon and peel it.
6. 6. Weigh out 500 grams of fruit flesh.
7. 7. Dice the fruit flesh into small cubes.
8. 8. Place the melon cubes in a pot.
9. 9. Stir the cubes together with the jam sugar.
10. 10. Cover the pot.
11. 11. Let the mixture steep for 20 minutes.
12. 12. Rinse the limes under hot water.
13. 13. Dry the limes.
14. 14. Finely grate the peel of the organic lime.
15. 15. Halve both limes.
16. 16. Squeeze the juice from the limes.
17. 17. Add the lime juice to the melon mixture.
18. 18. Add the grated lime peel to the melon mixture.
19. 19. Place the pot on the stove.
20. 20. Bring the mixture to a boil.
21. 21. Let the jam bubble and cook over high heat.
22. 22. Stir constantly while doing so.
23. 23. Cook the jam for 5 to 7 minutes.
24. 24. Place a few drops of the liquid onto a small plate.
25. 25. Check if the mixture starts to set after a few seconds.
26. 26. If it sets, the jam is ready to be bottled.
27. 27. If it is still liquid, cook it for another 1 to 2 minutes.
28. 28. Repeat the setting test.
29. 29. Fill the hot liquid into the jars using a small ladle.
30. 30. Seal the jars immediately.
31. 31. Place the jars upside down on a damp kitchen towel.
32. 32. Then place the jars upright again.

Nutrition per serving

• kcal: 21
• Protein: 0 g · Fett/Fat: 0 g · Carbs: 5 g