Homemade Fig Jam
A delicious, homemade fig jam with flavor notes of cinnamon, vanilla and citrus. Spoon over toast or stir it into your favorite desserts.
Servings: 32 tablespoons
Calories: 47kcal
Cost: $9.70 per batch/$0.30 per tablespoon
Equipment
- Large stainless steel pan
Ingredients
- 2 pounds figs (chopped into ¼-inch pieces)
- 1 cup sugar
- 2-inch stick cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- ½ orange (peeled, seeded and chopped into ¼-inch pieces)
- 2 tablespoons lemon juice
Instructions
- Place the figs, sugar, cinnamon stick, vanilla, orange and lemon juice in a wide steel saucepan.
- Mix and turn heat to medium-high. Once the jam begins to boil, continue to cook, stirring frequently, for five more minutes.
- Lower heat to medium-low and continue to cook the jam for 40 minutes more, stirring frequently, until the fruit is very soft and pulpy and mostly broken down. Turn off heat.
- Cool the jam, remove the cinnamon stick and spoon into jars.
The jam is done when a candy thermometer inserted in the pan (tip submerged in the jam) reads 220 degrees F/104 degrees C. If you don't have a thermometer, freeze two spoons for 30 minutes. Drizzle a few drops of jam on a spoon and tilt it: if the jam moves very slowly and feels jammy to the touch it's done. Otherwise continue cooking a little longer.
Nutrition
Serving: 1tablespoon | Calories: 47kcal | Carbohydrates: 12g | Protein: 0.2g | Fat: 0.1g | Saturated Fat: 0.02g | Sodium: 0.4mg | Potassium: 72mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 11g | Vitamin A: 46IU | Vitamin C: 2mg | Calcium: 13mg | Iron: 0.1mg