Features of "Apple Or Pear Ginger Jam"

Served as accompaniment. Vegetarian dish.

Preparation time: 30 minutes
Cooking time: 1 1/2 hours

Ingredients for "Apple Or Pear Ginger Jam"
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4 lbs Apples, peeled and cored to make 4 lbs
Sugar
Water
4-8 ounces preserved Gingerroot, rough chopped (Ginger in a sticky syrup)
2 Lemons Juice and Zest, grated

Method of cooking "Apple Or Pear Ginger Jam"

Use a trivet under the pot. Stew the apples gently in 10 fl.oz. water until apple sauce consistency. Add 12 oz. by weight of sugar for each pint (20 fl.oz.) of apple sauce and bring to the boil.Simmer lightly. Add the lemon juice and rind. Weigh,rough chop the ginger and add to apples. Bring back to boiling point. (Caution this scorches easily.) Test for set. This is quick because of the natural pectin. Bottle in sterilised jars