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second attempt at fruit x pepper jam

judo_and_peppers

10 years ago

I went at it again. and the results are marvelous.

this time it was pineapple/blueberry/reaper.

anyone who drinks smoothies knows that blueberry and pineapple are pretty much the best fruit combination in existence. add a nice kick of heat, and it's heaven. pineapples are 2.50 at walmart right now.

1 pineapple
I wanna say like a half pound of blueberries. I'll double check this.
3 cups sugar
equivalent of 1 packet NSN pectin
1 tbsp lime juice
1 carolina reaper, deseeded

throw pineapple, pepper, and blueberries into blender. blend until smooth. follow normal jam making procedure after that.

yield 3 pints. next time I'm probably gonna double the recipe.

it took me 1 hour 20 minutes from the time I walked in the door from buying the fruit to the time I finished cleaning afterward.

I'm gonna be making a few more varieties in the next couple days. tomorrow I'll be making a chocolate strawberry pepper jam, and probably a straight pineapple jam. I might do an apple jam as well.

what sticks out to me is that from the color you can barely tell there's any pineapple involved, despite the pineapple being 3/4 the total fruit volume

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Comments (6)

seysonn
10 years ago
Looks appetizing, Judo. I like the color. I am sure it also tastes good and the heat is enough for you.
judo_and_peppers
Original Author
10 years ago
I made the chocolate strawberry jam today. it's absolutely delicious, but it's not setting very well. maybe it just needs more time.

2.5 lbs of strawberries
3 cups of sugar
1/2 cup hershey's cocoa powder
juice of 1/2 lemon
I brain strain 7pot, seeds left in

normal jam procedure, with fruit and pepper put in blender. I mixed the chocolate powder in with the sugar, to keep it from getting overcooked.

it was much thicker at the beginning than it was last time I made the strawberry jam, so I added about 3oz distilled water. I can't help thinking that's where I screwed up. oh well, if it doesn't set, it'll be chocolate strawberry pepper syrup. or I could just reboil and add more pectin, as I understand it that's an option.

the two big ones are for me. the smaller ones are to give as gifts this christmas. the red one at the end is just normal strawberry jam that I made for my wife, who thinks the hot ones are too hot. it's not setting well either, but I didn't put any sugar in that one, so IDK what's going wrong.
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greenman28 NorCal 7b/8a
10 years ago
Very interesting!
Probably quite palatable, too, with only the 1 pepper per batch.

Josh
peppernovice
10 years ago
Pineapple/blueberry/reaper......Do you still have my address. :)

Tim
judo_and_peppers
Original Author
10 years ago
as of today there is now also pineapple brain, and spicy apple spice (also brain strain based).

I had/have a lot of ripe brains to use.

I believe I HAD your address. please feel free to send it to me again. I was gonna send you some hot sauce anyway.
flowersnhens
10 years ago
I also made Pepper Jam today. I used 18 Jalapenos, and 3 orange habaneros, 6 cups of sugar, 2 cups apple cidar vinegar, and 2 pouches pectin. It is pretty hot. It is much hotter than any pepper jam I have made. I am new to using/growing hot peppers as some of you know. I know Jalapenos sometimes are not so hot, but these seemed hotter than the normal Jalapeno. I did not deseed anything either. I was going to give as Christmas gifts....but afraid it might hurt someone. haha.

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