Wednesday, December 28, 2011

Mango-Lime Jam

More mangoes from my friend! Made this delicious Mango-Lime Jam. It is not too sweet, well I did reduce the sugar! If you have some extra ripe mangoes around, this would be a lovely jam to make. 


This is fairly simple and quick to make. Just make sure you wear your kitchen gloves when stirring, and use a ladle with a long handle, as with most jams, as it boils, it will pop and imagine the hot jam landed on your skin, you would not want that! Ouch!



I love my jam a little runny, it will set further as it cools.


Guess where this spoonful of delicious jam ended up after this and ....


.... this photos are taken?  Hehehe ! :)  Yummilicious!


Yield : 3 bottles of 250ml size. One for my friend, one for my toast, and .....


...... I've used up the third jar for the Orange Mille Crepe in my previous post.  :o)
I made this jam about a month ago actually, and my jar that I reserved for toast has already finished!


I'm sharing this with



Mango-Lime Jam
(adapted from "The Joy of Jam, Jellies and Other Sweet Preserves" by Linda Ziedrich)
Makes about 2 pints
2 pounds peeled and cubed mango
1/2 cup lime juice 
2-3/4 cups sugar

  1. Put the mango cubes and lime juice into a preserving pan. Stirring often, simmer until the mango is tender. Remove the pan from the heat and mash the mango lightly with a potato masher.
  2. Add the sugar to the pan. Over medium heat, stir until the sugar is dissolved. Raise the heat to medium-high and boil the jam until a drop mounds in a chilled dish.
  3. Ladle the jam into pint or half-pint mason jars. Add lids and rings, and process the jars in a boiling water bath for 10 minutes.

kitchen flavour's notes:
  • For the lime juice, I use slightly less than 1/2 cup, about 2 tablespoons less.
  • For the sugar, I only use 1-1/4 cup, as I do not like my jam overly sweet. Even with this lesser amount of sugar, the jam sets rather well. Sugar is a form of preservative, but since I do not intend to keep this jam for long, so this is fine with me. 

29 comments:

  1. mmmmmmm I am drooling....A bottle for me?

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  2. The mango-lime jam looks really, really good. I have 2 fruiting mango trees but they are still young so I don't get many mangoes. Further more, there are people who help themselves to the fruits. Mango jam may only be possible when the trees triple in size. After seeing your photos, I am inspired to fertilize the trees regularly to speed up the growth. :)

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  3. WOW...you are so rajin!!! :D

    That jam is seriously finger licking good! :)

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  4. Mango Jam looks simply lipsmackigly yummy and tempting.

    Deepa
    Hamaree Rasoi

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  5. hello,
    your mango jam looks absolutely mouth-watering. I'll keep this in mind and make jam from leftover mangoes next time. must say this is a good idea ^_^

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  6. I love the color of those jam of yours, sure looks good! And yeah, the splattering is not fun I am sure! I cooked pineapple jam before and got burnt before!

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  7. This is one jam that I would like to taste. Looks good especially the colour.

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  8. This jam looks amazing!
    It must be so tasteful!

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  9. Just looking at your jam makes me 'lau hou sui'! ;-)

    Wishing you and your family all the best for 2012 and many, many more delicious productions from your kitchen! :)

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  10. now your bringing out the big guns- this jam is beyond fabulous. the flavors are out of this world

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  11. What an absolutely beautiful flavor for a jam!
    Wishing you a very wonderful 2012!

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  12. this looks so good! love the flavours :)

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  13. Mango lime jam looks delicious thanks for sharing wonderful recipe with Hearth and soul blog hop.

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  14. OH - MY - GOSH. I want some of this for my toast tomorrow morning!! Mangoes are not grown in New Zealand at all, so what we get is always imported and a bit of a luxury - often imported from Mexico and about $4 per mango. However, because it is mango season in Australia right now, we are getting a lot of mangoes here right now for $1 each. Still expensive really, but I think I may have to splash out and give this a try. I know I would love it.

    Thanks so much, Joyce, for sharing this at Cookbook Sundays.

    Sue xo

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  15. My niece has recently been on a mango-orange juice kick, so I know this jam would be right up her alley!

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  16. I love mangoes in any form... Happy 2012!

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  17. It's like sunshine in a jar! So scrumptious.

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  18. this combination sounds absolutely lovely, especially with all the mangoes i've seen lately! i'm boring and i only stick to strawberry jam but your various suggestions make it sound very easy and doable!

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  19. You're so lucky to have a friend with mangoes! This looks really scrumptious. :)

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  20. Oh yeah, mango is my favourite ingredient of all time. Definitely going to try this out.

    Best wishes for 2012, Joyce!

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  21. Homemade mango jam, sound so good and refreshing. Happy New Year 2012!

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  22. what nice jam, I lomangoes so I have to make soon!!! love this recipe, tahnks for sharing:)
    Happy New year dear!!

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  23. Hi Joy,
    We would sure have an empty jar here at The Cottage. Your Mango Lime Jam looks delicious, I just love that flavor combination. Thank you so much for sharing with Full Plate Thursday. Happy New Year to you and your family and Abundant Blessings in 2012!
    Miz Helen

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  24. yum yum! i really think this is delicious! can i be more greedy to have another bottle?? haha! just kidding!

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