Tart cranberries and spicy peppers mingle on this candy and spicy Cranberry Pepper Jelly. Everybody goes loopy for this spicy jam on the very first chew!
Once I realized I had been shopping for cranberry pepper jam virtually each time I used to be on the grocery retailer, I knew it was time to make my very own model of this jam.
I first tasted this jam with brie and fancy wafer crackers. Then I poured the jam over a easy block of cream cheese and served it with Ritz crackers. My children went nuts over that.
Subsequent, I unfold this pepper jam on the Best Ever Ham Sandwich. Whenever you layer this Cranberry Pepper Jam with creamy goat cheese, salty ham, and recent arugula, it’s the sandwich that everybody goes to be speaking about.
Cranberry Jalapeno Jam
I don’t suppose I’ve ever talked about an upcoming recipe that has been as extremely anticipated as this recipe for pepper jam.
I discussed that I might quickly be sharing the recipe after I first shared that superior ham sandwich recipe just a few weeks in the past. Within the time since, I’ve acquired numerous emails, messages, and snaps asking after I’ll be sharing the recipe for cranberry jalapeno jelly.
I’ll apologize now for the delay, as a result of the recipe simply wasn’t good till this model. And after I say it’s good, I imply it. It’s completely positively PERFECT now.
Aspect observe: for those who love candy warmth combos and cranberries as a lot as we do, you positively must put this cranberry jalapeno dip in your must-try checklist too!
Spicy Jam
Whenever you’re working with cranberries, I’ve discovered that it’s very easy to make a cranberry sauce. As evidenced by this traditional homemade cranberry sauce and this spicy hot pepper cranberry sauce, we love our cranberry sauces.
Nevertheless, for this jam, I needed one thing extra jelly-like than cranberry sauce, candy with a strong trace of warmth. This cranberry pepper jelly recipe delivers all of it.
(In case you’re in search of a little bit extra warmth in your jam, the finely minced jalapeno and serrano peppers on this recipe might be elevated by a further ½ cup with out affecting the ultimate outcome.)
In case you haven’t but tried a pepper jam recipe, you’re in for an actual deal with. That candy warmth mixture is actually irresistible. This Habanero Peach Jam is one other favourite right here.
This time of yr, there’s no finish to the cranberry recipes that we love. Fortunate for me, I realized a few years in the past to purchase as many recent cranberries as attainable every vacation season and toss the baggage straight into the freezer.
This makes it attainable to make the loopy in style Cranberry Christmas Cake and the Nantucket Christmas Cranberry Pie all yr spherical. Cranberry Almond German Pancakes and Cranberry Pecan Brownies in July? Sure, please!
As quickly as apple season hits, this Cranberry Apple Tart must occur as properly. There are such a lot of methods through which we use cranberries all year long. And this Winter Spice Cranberry Cake? It’s not only for wintertime
You’re going to like all of those recipes, so fill up on cranberries ASAP and be set for all of subsequent yr!
Kitchen Tip: I exploit this pot, this pectin, these jars, and these jars when making this recipe.
Pepper Jam Recipe
- Mix the cranberries, bell peppers, jalapenos, serranos, and vinegar in a big deep pot. Carry to a boil over excessive warmth. Whereas the combination involves a boil, shake collectively the calcium water based on the bundle instructions. In a small bowl, stir collectively 1 cup of sugar and 1 tablespoon of Pomona’s pectin.
- When the combination on the range is boiling, add the calcium water and sugar/pectin combination. Stir and convey to a boil once more. When the sugar and pectin have dissolved, a couple of minute of simmering, add within the remaining 5 cups of sugar unexpectedly. Stir to mix and convey to a roiling boil. (A rolling boil will proceed to boil throughout the whole floor even whereas stirring.)
- Permit the combination to boil for 1 minute after which take away from the warmth. Take away from the warmth and pour into sterile jars. Course of in a scorching water bathtub after which retailer in a cool darkish place for as much as a yr. Alternatively, this jam could also be saved within the fridge till prepared to make use of. The jam will maintain within the fridge for as much as a month or alternatively, you’ll be able to freeze it for as much as 6 months.
Why I Use Pomona’s Common Pectin
You could discover two uncommon additions to this recipe; calcium water and Pomona’s Universal Pectin. The calcium water comes within the field together with the Pomona’s, so that you don’t have to fret about buying them individually.
As a result of I really feel slightly strongly about how spectacular Pomona’s pectin is amongst all others, I’m going to present you a considerably detailed rationalization of why it’s that I’m recommending this explicit pectin product.
Pomona’s Common Pectin, not like most different business counterparts, doesn’t comprise any bizarre preservatives or fillers. Pomona’s, not like most different business pectins, permits you inventive license to scale up or down any recipe to your coronary heart’s content material. In case you scale up different pectins, the jams or preserves virtually inevitably fail.
Pomona’s additionally permits you to make low/no sugar jams, jellies, and preserves with the identical product do you have to want to take action. If you wish to use a grocery retailer pectin, you’ll want to purchase a separate, specialised sort of pectin for that.
Pomona’s lasts eternally and has no expiration date so long as it’s correctly saved.
Pomona’s could appear dearer for those who simply evaluate the field vs. field costs, however with the Pomona’s you can also make between 3 and 5 batches of your favourite jam and with the most important model pectin, you get one batch per field. That makes Pomona’s comparable in all circumstances and cheaper in most.
*big due to Rebecca Lindamood for her intensive assist whereas creating recipes utilizing Pomona’s and her willingness to share that information so freely. Notes on the usage of Pomona’s are very flippantly tailored from her phrases here.
{initially printed 11/1/2017 – recipe notes and pictures up to date 11/28/22}
