Name: Watermelon and Mint Jam
Yield: Makes 3 x 500ml jars
Cuisine: British
Ingredients: 1 kg jam sugar; 1 handful fresh mint juice and zest of 2 limes; 1 kg watermelon

Preparation info

Makes
3 x 500 ml
jars

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Brunch with Brother Marcus

By Tasos Gaitanos and Alex Large

Published 2023

About

This jam has all the freshness you’d expect and a delicate texture too. Ripe watermelon is our all-time favourite fruit. It’s abundant in the summer but preserving it is a great way to capture the harvest and enjoy it the whole year round.

Ingredients

1 kg watermelon
1 handful fresh mint juice and zest of 2 limes

Method

Chop your watermelon in half then use a large spoon to scoop out the flesh. Roughly chop the flesh, removing the seeds the best you can, and put into a deep, wide pan.

Wash the mint, then pick the leaves and set aside about ten. Finely chop the remaining leaves and add them to the pan with the watermelon flesh.

Add the lime juice and zest to the pan. Pour in the jam sugar, then