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Banana Jam with Figs, Peaches and Grapes

Banana Jam with Figs, Peaches and Grapes

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This Banana Jam with Figs, Peaches and Grapes is very aromatic and you can serve it on your toast, muffins, scones, cheesecakes or with a cheese platter.

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A sudden trip popped up, unexpectedly and since I had some fruit in the fridge (the peaches were from last week), the bananas started to have spots, so since I already had dessert in the fridge, what better way to use them and make some jam.

Fig trees

Our neighbour who has the citrus grove next door has two fig trees and he has told us to harvest any fruit from his grove, as he never comes to pick them.

So we were lucky to find and pick about 600 grams of figs as well.  I remembered there were also some grapes in the fridge after I took the picture.

Four fruit jam image

I have made several combinations using figs but pairing them with bananas was the first time.  

I was a bit reluctant at first when I decided to add the bananas in the jam but  I love to experiment and try new flavours.  

Most of my jams are flavoured with rose geraniums but this time I wanted something different so my choice was cinnamon.  Try the combination and you will not regret it.

Fig, banana, peach and grape jam image

HOW I MADE THE JAM

My directions are simple.  

Although I have weighed the ingredients and used a thermometre, you can easily make the jam using basic equipment.  

General instructions about jam making will tell you that for each kilo of fruit, you usually use 1 kilo of sugar.  

However, those are instructions for dummies and sometimes we have to use some common sense.  

Mashing the fruit image

Figs, bananas and grapes are fruit with high sugar levels, so for the quantity of fruit I used, I reduced the sugar to just enough to preserve it and not make it overly sweet.  

If you want it on the sweeter side, you can add more sugar if you like.  

I love leaving some chunks of fruit in the jam, so that I can serve them on top of ice cream, on puddings, or even with Greek yoghurt, it’s delicious.

Since I have a thermometre, I used it during the second stage of boiling but simultaneously I also checked the time and it took about half an hour to set.  

However, the time also depends on what equipment you are using.  A shallow pot will help the juices evaporate much quicker.  

In this case, if you are not sure, you will have to do the testing by putting a small amount of jam in a cold saucer. 

However if you still have any doubts that the jam has not properly set, you can preserve it in the refrigerator for a couple of weeks.

Until recently I would peel the figs but when I made some halloumi and fig appetizers and made them with the skin on, they tasted just perfect, so they went in the jam with the skin on, as well as the other fruit, except of course the bananas.

Ivy in the kitchen with a platter of halloumi and fig appetizer image

When the jam was cooked, there was nothing to remind you that the fruit were with the skin on.

Banana, fig peach and grape jam in jars image
Banana, fig peach and grape jam image

Banana Jam with Figs, Peaches and Grapes

Yield: 2.5 kilos
Prep Time: 10 minutes
Cook Time: 1 hour 30 minutes
Total Time: 1 hour 40 minutes

This Banana Jam with Figs, Peaches and Grapes is very aromatic and you can serve it on your toast, muffins, scones, cheesecakes or with a cheese platter.

Ingredients

  • 825 grams banana (6 bananas)
  • 725 grams peaches (4 peaches)
  • 600 grams figs (14 figs)
  • 175 grams seedless sultana grapes (about 1 1/2 cups)
  • 1 kilo sugar
  • 1 cinnamon stick
  • 2 tbsp lemon juice

Instructions

  1. Wash the fruit and cut them into big chunks.
  2. Put them in a large pot together with sugar. Let the juices of the fruit come out to wet the sugar. You can speed up the process, by pressing the fruit with a potato masher (I used the wooden spoon).
  3. When there is no visible sugar, add the cinnamon stick and bring to a boil. Lower the heat (I bring the temperature from 12 to 10) and cook the jam, mixing regularly for one hour. (While the jam is boiling you may see some froth
    forming on top. Just ignore it and continue mixing as this will not affect the jam. While cooking the jam, press the fruit with the wooden spoon to make smaller pieces. If they slip away, especially the grapes, put them in the wooden spoon and use a fork to press them).
  4. Cook the jam for one hour and turn off the heat. (I cooked it on the ceramic stove, so I left it on the stove, which adds a few more minutes of cooking). When it cools, cover the pot with the lid.
  5. Next morning check the jam. If it has set and is thick enough put it back on the heat, add the lemon juice and when it comes to a boil turn it off.
  6. However, if it has not set, more boiling is necessary.
  7. When it starts boiling bring the stove button down to number ten again. Add the lemon juice and keep mixing until the temperature of the thermometre shows 105o
    C / 220o .

Nutrition Information
Yield 2.500 kilos Serving Size 1
Amount Per Serving Calories 2951Total Fat 4gSaturated Fat 1gTrans Fat 0gUnsaturated Fat 2gCholesterol 0mgSodium 27mgCarbohydrates 762gFiber 29gSugar 684gProtein 13g

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Carole from Carole's Chatter

Friday 10th of April 2015

Hi Ivy, thanks for bringing this over. This is now on my shortlist for a feature. Cheers from Carole's Chatter

Ivy

Friday 10th of April 2015

Thank you Carole.

Angie

Saturday 20th of September 2014

wow lucky you! I wish I had a fig tree! The jam looks divine!

Ivy

Saturday 20th of September 2014

I know what you mean Angie. I feel the same way when I see mangoes, lychees and other fruit which sound exotic to us :)

Anna

Wednesday 17th of September 2014

This looks utterly amazing! Here in the Midwestern United States, figs are exotic & quite expensive. But, I love them so much they would never survive long enough to become jam! I love the idea of a banana jam - such a surprising ingredient, but sounds good : )

Rosa

Tuesday 16th of September 2014

A fabulous jam and combo!

Cheers,

Rosa

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