Name: Spiced apple and date jam
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 25 min
Total time: 30 min
Ingredients: 2 large green apples (about 500g); 75g dates (pitted); 4 whole cloves; 200 ml apple cider vinegar; 75g soft, unrefined cane sugar; Optional extras: ½ tsp ground cinnamon or mixed spice

Spiced apple and date jam

26 Dec 2019

by Dinna

Prep Time

5 minutes

Cook Time

25 minutes

Total Time

30 minutes

Background

If you’re after a quick and easy chutney or spiced jam to serve with your roasted ham on Boxing Day, New Year’s Eve or at the in-between parties, try this spiced apple and date jam which can be served immediately. It’s also a perfect last-minute Christmas gift, which your friends will be grateful for, as it goes really well with leftover/cold meat and all those festive cheeses! You can add cinnamon or mixed spice to it, if liked.

Ingredients

2 large green apples (about 500g)
75g dates (pitted)
4 whole cloves
200 ml apple cider vinegar
75g soft, unrefined cane sugar
Optional extras: ½ tsp ground cinnamon or mixed spice

Instructions

Peel and chop the apple into 1 cm pieces. Finely chop the dates. Grind the cloves, using a mortar &pestle.
Put all ingredients into a heavy saucepan, bring to a boil and simmer for 25 minutes or so over low temperature, until you get a sticky, thick jam.
Let it cool, then spoon it into sterilised jars or a serving dish.

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