This mulled wine jam is the most delicious and easy to make preserve for a Christmas breakfast or brunch. Mulled wine jam / jelly is full of festive flavours and is also perfect for filling cakes, mixing into porridge or slathered on toast. It also makes a great edible Christmas gift.
Jam jars (I find small jars about 190ml are a great size for this recipe and great for gifting)
Ingredients
500gfrozen fruit
500gsugarI use granulated
150mlmulled wine
1lemon
⅓teaspoonground cinnamon
(Easy to adapt - The amount of sugar needs to be equal to the weight of the fruit)
Instructions
Place a plate in the fridge to chill. You will use the plate to see how the jam sets later.
Place the saucepan or jam pan on low heat and add the frozen fruit.
Pour over the mulled wine.
As the mixed berries are softening weigh out the sugar and add it in.
Squeeze the juice from a lemon and place the used lemon rind into the saucepan as well.
When the sugar has dissolved turn up the heat so the jam is lightly bubbling in a rolling boil for 5 minutes and keep stirring as it gets thicker. (Photo from batch making mulled wine jam. If you are making a bigger volume of jam this will take a longer time.)
Remove any scum from the top of the jam as you go.
Take off the heat and add a few drops to the cool plate. After a minute push the jam with your finger and when it starts to gently wrinkle and hold that wrinkle the jam is done. If it doesn’t wrinkle put the jam back on the heat for another 2 minutes. A gentle wrinkle will give a soft set, for a thicker set get the jam to a stage where the wrinkle is very strong.
Remove the lemon rinds and spoon the jam into warm sterilised jars (see notes for how to sterilise them) and screw the lids on and leave to cool.
Enjoy on your croissants, as a filling for your cakes, on your pancakes or with a spoon!
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Notes
To sterilise the jars you can either wash them in hot soapy water and then place in an oven for 20 minutes at 120 degrees fan oven. Leave the lids to drain after washing. orI wash the jars and lids in a hot dishwasher (steam setting if yours has one) and allow them to stay warm and dry in the machine until I’m ready to use them.