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Watermelon and Mint Jam
Preparation info
- Makes
3 x 500 ml
jars - Difficulty
Easy
Appears in
By Tasos Gaitanos and Alex Large
Published 2023
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 1 handful 2
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