Christmas Cranberry Strawberry Spiced Jam Recipe
Celebrate the holiday season with this festive Christmas Jam, a delightful blend of fresh cranberries and strawberries enhanced with warm spices like cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves, and ginger. Slow-cooked to perfection, this jam offers a rich, flavorful spread that’s perfect for toast, desserts, or as a holiday gift.
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 4 hours
- Total Time: 4 hours 10 minutes
- Yield: Approximately 3 cups of jam 1x
- Category: Condiment
- Method: Slow Cooking
- Cuisine: American
- Diet: Vegetarian
Ingredients
Scale
Fruits
- 24 oz. fresh cranberries (about 6 cups)
- 16 oz. fresh strawberries
Spices
- 1½ tsp. ground cinnamon
- 1 tsp. ground nutmeg
- ½ tsp. ground cloves
- ¼ tsp. ground ginger
Sweetener
- 2 cups brown sugar
Instructions
- Combine Ingredients: Add the fresh cranberries, strawberries, ground cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves, ground ginger, and brown sugar to the slow cooker and stir thoroughly to mix all ingredients evenly.
- Slow Cook: Cook the mixture on HIGH for 4 hours. Avoid opening the lid during cooking to retain heat and ensure the jam sets properly.
- Blend to Jam: Once cooking is complete, transfer the contents from the slow cooker into a blender or use an immersion blender directly. Pulse the mixture until it forms a jam-like consistency without over-blending to prevent turning it into cranberry butter.
- Cool and Set: Allow the jam to cool at room temperature. It will thicken as it cools due to the natural pectin content in cranberries.
- Store: Once cooled, transfer the jam into sterilized jars or containers for storage and refrigerate.
Notes
- Do not open the slow cooker lid during the 4-hour cooking process to ensure even cooking and proper setting of the jam.
- Avoid over-blending to maintain the ideal texture; pulse just enough to combine ingredients into a jam.
- The jam will naturally thicken as it cools because of the pectin in cranberries, so don’t be alarmed if it seems runny when hot.
- This jam can be refrigerated for up to 2 weeks or frozen for longer preservation.
- Use sterilized jars to store the jam safely and increase shelf life.
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