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Spicy Fig Jam

April 7, 2015 by HealthyLatina 1 Comment

Not to brag, but one of the reasons I love living in California, especially here in the San Joaquin Valley is the abundance of fresh figs, though it’s not quite the season yet. There are 4 main varieties here in California; Calimyrna, Brown Turkeys, Kadotas and my favorite Black Missions.

Though I don’t have any of my personal pictures on hand, I wanted to show the beautiful juiciness of figs! Fresh figs are a great source of Vitamins K & A. Vitamin A supports the health of your eyes, a long with aiding in cellular reproduction. Vitamin K assists the proteins in the body that are needed for clotting. 

Figs

 Did I happen to tell you how much I love fig jam? It’s probably my most favorite way to eat figs… then they last all year, unless you are like me and didn’t make any the season before! The following recipe is a low sugar recipe, that I used with Stevia instead of sugar. Being diabetic I try and make healthy changes in my favorite recipes to continue to enjoy my favorite foods!

Figs & Fig Jam

Spicy California Mission Fig Jam
2015-04-06 00:41:10
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Ingredients
  1. 3 cups finely chopped California Mission Figs (about 20 medium)
  2. 1-3/4 cups unsweetened white grape or apple juice
  3. 1 Tbsp fresh squeezed orange juice
  4. 3 Tbsp Ball® RealFruit™ Low or No-Sugar Needed Pectin
  5. 3/4 to 1 cup Stevia
  6. 1-2 tsp ground red chili pepper flakes
  7. 4 to 5 (8 oz) half pint glass preserving jars with lids and bands
Instructions
  1. GRADUALLY add pectin into white grape or apple juice until dissolved. Bring to a full rolling boil that cannot be stirred down, over medium-high heat, stirring frequently. Boil hard 1 minute, stirring constantly. Remove from heat.
  2. IMMEDIATELY add prepared apricots into hot pectin mixture. Stir vigorously for 1 minute. Stir in Stevia.
  3. LADLE freezer jam into clean freezer jars leaving 1/2 inch headspace. Apply caps and let jam stand in refrigerator until set, but no longer than 24 hours. Serve immediately, refrigerate up to 3 weeks, or freeze up to 1 year.
By Virginia Lucero
Adapted from Pectin
Adapted from Pectin
Healthy Latina Living http://www.healthylatinaliving.com/
Today we are continuing our participation in the 2015 A to Z Challenge! Today we celebrate the letter “F” with Figs!

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flicker – Keith McDuffee

flicker – Mike & Annabel Beales

Filed Under: Dressings & Jam, Food Tagged With: Fruit, Jams

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  1. Tarkabarka says

    April 8, 2015 at 7:08 am

    I love figs too! We have them in our garden and usually eat them raw, although my mother also makes candied figs. Incidentally, my F post on MopDog was also about figs… but the poisoned kind.

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