Mark Diacono

Autumn Olive Jam

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Preparation info
  • Makes

    4 x 340 g

    jars
    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
A Taste of the Unexpected
A Taste of the Unexpected

By Mark Diacono

Published 2010

  • About

Autumn olives are tart little suckers. Keep tasting and testing until their puckering sourness is tempered by a little sweetness. Once they arrive at this point it’s time to harvest your berries and transform them into this delightful jam.

Ingredients

  • 1 kg ripe autumn olives
  • About 700 g jam sugar with pectin
  • 2

Method

Put a couple of saucers in the freezer for testing the jam later. Boil your jars and lids or put them though the dishwasher to sterilise them, then put the jars in a low oven to keep warm.

Rinse the autumn olives well and put them in a large, non-reactive pan with 250ml of water. Bring to the boil and simmer for 20-30 minutes until the berries are soft. Pass them through a food mill/mou