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Homemade Lemon Jam
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Homemade Lemon Jam

A tangy, rich lemon jam - perfect on toast, with crackers, and as a filling for cakes and desserts

⏱ 30 min🍽 8 servings 🌍 Israeli👩‍🍳 Afoona
🧀 Dairy🥬 Vegetarian🌾 Gluten-free
Versions:Original⚖ Pareve

👨‍🍳 Method

  1. 1
    Put the egg yolks and the sugar in a small pot and whisk together.
    Small saucepanWhisk
  2. 2
    Add the lemon juice and lemon zest and mix until even.
  3. 3
    Set over low heat and stir nonstop for about 10–12 minutes, until the mixture thickens and clings to the spoon.
    StoveWhisk
    💡Low heat and nonstop stirring: over high heat the yolks curdle into lumps before the curd thickens.
  4. 4
    Add the salt. Remove from the heat and add the cold butter in cubes, stirring.
  5. 5
    Pour the curd into a clean jar through a fine sieve, seal and refrigerate.
    Fine sieveJarRefrigerator
209calories
3 gprotein
24 gcarbs
12 gfat
● protein 5%● carbs 45%● fat 50%

Per serving (78 g), of 8 servings

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⚖ About the ingredients

🔧 Tools needed (6) · 🍳 One cooking vessel

  • Refrigerator · Also works: Freezer (Chills faster; don't let it freeze) · Ice bath (Ice bath)
  • Stove · 💡 Workaround, changes the dish: Portable hot plate (one weaker burner) · Camping gas stove (One burner, outdoors) · Electric pressure cooker (multicooker) (One pot, no real shallow frying)
  • Small saucepan · Also works: Pot (None) · Frying pan (A deep pan for sauces)
  • Fine sieve · Also works: Cheesecloth (Cheesecloth over a sieve) · 💡 Workaround, changes the dish: Colander (Lets more through)
  • Whisk · Also works: Hand mixer (None) · 💡 Workaround, changes the dish: Fork (Beat with a fork, less air)
  • Jar · Also works: Storage container (None)

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