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Sour cherry + ginger jam
Strawberry + passionfruit jam
Citrus + fennel marmalade
Apricot, pineapple + vanilla jam
1 kg (2 lb 3 oz) sour cherries, washed
(890 g/1 lb 15 oz prepared), as fresh picked
as possible
10 g oz) fresh ginger
½ lemon, quartered
350 g (12½ oz) caster (superfine) sugar
3 blood oranges, rinsed in cold water
400 g/ml (14 oz) citrus juice (can be a different
citrus but if lemon, use half lemon, half water)
2 g (116 oz/½ teaspoon) whole fennel seeds
2 g (116 oz/¼ teaspoon) sea salt flakes
caster (superfine) sugar (see below)
750 g (1 lb 11 oz) fresh strawberries
(600 g/1 lb 5 oz prepared – washed, hulled
and halved) or frozen strawberries
120 g (4½ oz) passionfruit pulp
(from 6–8 passionfruit)
1 whole star anise
240 g (8½ oz) caster (superfine) sugar
1 kg (2 lb 3 oz) fresh apricots, rinsed in cold water
(900 g/2 lb prepared)
1 lemon
½ pineapple, peel removed
1 vanilla bean, split
360 g (12½ oz) caster (superfine) sugar
Remove the green and hull from the strawberries.
Cut larger strawberries in half, keep small ones whole.


Halve the apricots, then chop each half into four
pieces. Squeeze lemon juice directly on them and
toss the husks in. Grate the pineapple on the coarse
side of the grater and add 200 g (7 oz) flesh and
Quarter and slice two whole blood oranges super juice – chuck the core away.

thinly with the rind and pith on. Remove the seeds,
collecting as you go, and wrap them tightly in muslin
(cheesecloth) or clean Chux – they will release extra
pectin during the boil. Cut the skin off the final blood
orange and finely dice the flesh. Place the citrus in a
25  cm (10  in) wide jam pot and cover with the citrus
juice, fennel seeds and salt (sugar gets added after the
first boil). Press a piece of baking paper to the surface
and stow in the fridge overnight. The overnight soak
softens the fruit further so the peel isn’t ridiculously
chewy. Next day, boil for 10 minutes until the rind/pith
is soft enough to pinch in half. Weigh the citrus mass,
add a third the weight in sugar and head to step 2.

Wash and pit the cherries. Halve if they are large.


Rinse and slice the ginger into thin coins. Squeeze
the lemon juice over the top and toss the husk in.

A different start due to the chewy rind and
bitter pith. The sugar is added after the first
boil so the pith can fully soften.