Homemade Loquat Jam Recipe
This simple jam is pure delicious! Make this homemade loquat jam with a little known fruit that is oh so tasty.
Ingredients
- 8 cupsloquats
- 2 cupswhite sugar
- 1vanilla bean chopped
- 1lemon
- 1 tablespoonpectin
Directions
- 1
Thoroughly wash the loquats. Then chop and de-seed them. Slice them into quarter pieces or smaller and place them in a stock pot.
- 2
Juice the lemon and toss the loquats in the juice.
- 3
Chop the vanilla bean in pieces and add to the stock pot with the fruit.
- 4
Add the sugar and pectin to the stock pot and bring to a boil stirring often.
- 5
Once the fruit begins to boil, reduce to a simmer and cook for 1 hour. Continue to stir occasionally.
- 6
After 45 minutes, or near the end of the cooking time, remove the vanilla bean.
- 7
After 1 hour remove the jam from the heat and add to the jam jars while still warm.
- 8
Be sure to follow the sterilization guide for the jam jars included in this post! Do not add the jam to unsterilized jars!
- 9
Store in the fridge for up to a year and to use spread across your favorite breads, muffins, or add to ice cream!