Dragonfruit Jam

Submitted by P.Q. Butterfat

"A jam of dragonfruit, sugar and lemon."

 

• Ready In: 2hrs
• Ingredients: 3
• Yields: 8 8 oz jars
• Serves: 50-60

ingredients

• 6 dragon fruit
• 2 lemons
• 2 cups white sugar

directions

1. Halve dragon fruit.
2. Scoop out flesh into a deep pot.
3. Mash well with potato masher.
4. Add the juice of two lemons and the fine zest of one.
5. Bring this mixture to a boil, stirring occasionally.
6. Simmer, uncovered, stirring, for 30 minutes or so to get a thick puree.
7. Bring to a hot, rolling boil.
8. Add sugar.
9. Continue to boil hard, stirring, until desired gel is reached. Dragon fruit does not so much gel as form a thick, gluey slime.
10. Add pectin if desired to obtain a firmer gel.
11. The jam can be canned. Process prepared 6 to 8 oz jars for 10 minutes.