Ten Minute Cherry Jam
The moment I laid my eyes on a big bag of cherries on sale in the produce section, I knew it was a sign to take them home and create something just for you and me! I will be honest, it has been a long time (a whole 7 days!) since I last created anything and I needed to start small.
Small batch cherry jam seemed to be the perfect solution! it’s something lovely, delicious and wouldn’t take a whole afternoon to make ! I had heard of this sweet and simple way to jam in the kitchen using chia seeds so I gave it a go and I was sold!
You can adjust the sweetness to your liking My cherries were sweet cherries, but they aren’t super sweet so I only used 1 tbsp of sugar but you could use two or three if you like it sweeter!
I ended up pitting the cherries by hand, and that took way longer then I would like to admit…I highly recommend getting a cherry pitter.
other then that, just make sure to have fun and feel free to experiment! add in some raspberries or black berries to the mix!
Ingredients
2 cups pitted cherries
1 tbsp coconut sugar
1 tbsp lemon juice
1 tbsp chia seeds
Instructions
Pit your cherries and then put all your ingredients in a food processor. Pulse for about 60 seconds.
Pour your mixture into a saucepan and heat on medium, stirring constantly until the mixture is heated through and bubbling.
Take off the heat and let it cool.
Store in a sealed container in the fridge or serve immediately!
I like to use mine to make parfaits, spread onto gluten free toast, or just eat bu the spoonful from the jar!
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