Homemade mandarin jam

• Preparation time: an hour
• Cooking time: 45 minutes
• difficulty: Media

How to make mandarin jam

Rich in vitamin C and therefore a perfect food to prevent cold in a completely natural way, the mandarin It's a fruit rich in health benefits. Its pulp contains mineral salts, especially potassium, simple sugars, and plenty of water, making it a perfect addition to an athlete's diet.

We are in the right season, so do not hesitate to taste mandarins, even better if picked from the tree grown in the garden and use them to prepare a tasty jam, perfect to spread on some rusks or as a filling for cakes and tarts.

Ingredients

• 1 kg of mandarins
• 650 grams of sugar
• 1/2 liter of water

Preparation

• Pour the water into a saucepan and after peeling the mandarins, cook them together with the peels (choose only organic mandarins).
• As soon as the mandarins start to become soft, generally after about a quarter of an hour of cooking, drain them and set them aside.
• Bring the cooking water to the boil with the sugar for about 10 minutes.
• Remove the membranes and filaments from the mandarins so as to use only the pulp, pass half of the mandarins through a food mill. peelings, also add the pulp, blend everything and add the mixture obtained to the syrup made from the cooking water combined with the sugar.
• Bring everything to the boil until the jam reaches the desired consistency and then put it in the jars.

To know how to sterilize jars click here.

Read also:

• Homemade Mandarin Bavarian Cream
• Mandarin liqueur made in one hour
• Orange marmalade: the recipe for making it at home. Try it with cheese, too.

Recipes

Recipe Name

Mandarin jam

Author

Don't waste

Posted on

2026-01-07

Preparation time

60M

Cooking time

45M

Total time

115M

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