Pineapple jam is an easy recipe made with just 4 ingredients. This is a preservative free jam made with pineapple, sugar, lime juice and water. Homemade Pineapple Jam is delicious jam made with fresh pineapple. It can be spread on toast or had as a stuffing to make a jam sandwich. This jam is made without pectin.
Different ways to cook Goan pineapple jam or ansache mel:
In Goa, this jam is known as “ansache mel” or “ansacho halwo”.We make ansache jam at home using 2 methods. One is dry method known as “ansacho halwo” wherein pineapple is cooked till sugar syrup dries and other is the wet method known as “ansache mel” in which pineapple is served with sugar syrup.
During this lockdown, I got a chance to make many recipes using pineapples. A pushcart vendor was selling pineapples at a relatively low price. The pineapples were fresh, so my hubby purchased all of them (10 – 15) and made the pushcart vendor very happy.
After seeing the pineapples, my daughter told me to make jam as she loves to have it with chapati just like homemade mango jam or “ambyacho halwo”. We also make ansache godmel just like raw mango god lonche or god mel.
4 simple ingredients to make preservative free jam with pineapple:
- Pineapple: The star ingredient. Use fresh, ripe, firm and juicy pineapple to make this recipe.
- Sugar: Sugar brings sweetness in the jam recipe. Quantity can be increased or reduced as per the sweetness of pineapples.
- Lime water: Little bit of lime water is added to jam. Lime water lowers the pH factor of jam.
- Water: Boiled or RO water should be added while making jam.
How to make pineapple jam?
- Add finely chopped or grated pineapple and water in a saucepan or kadai and cook on low-medium heat for 30 minutes. The pineapple should turn soft.
- Add lime juice and stir. Add sugar and mix well.
- Cook till the pineapple and sugar mixture thickens. One string consistency should be obtained from the sugar solution.
- After cooling, transfer the jam in airtight jar. Next day store it in refrigerator. Remains good for up to 2 weeks.
Pineapple jam just like strawberry jam can be used as a sweet spread on breads, toast, cookies, etc. It can be had with rotis or chapatis too. It can be applied on bread slices to make pineapple jam sandwich just like fruit sandwich.
Also try: Grilled pineapple wedges, Thai Pineapple curry
Pineapple Jam
Ingredients
- 1 cup pineapple peeled and finely chopped or grated
- 3/4 th cup sugar
- 1 teaspoon lime water
- 1/2 cup water
Instructions
- Add pineapple and water in a saucepan and cook on low-medium heat for 30 minutes. The pineapple should turn soft.
- Add lime juice and stir. Add sugar and mix well.
- Cook till the pineapple and sugar mixture thickens. One string consistency should be obtained from the sugar solution.
- After cooling, transfer the jam in airtight jar. Next day store it in refrigerator. Remains good for up to 2 weeks.
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Notes
- In step 1, if pineapple does not turn soft and water evaporates, then add little water and cook again till pineapple turns soft.
- To check for one string consistency, take a plate and add few drops of sugar syrup from the saucepan. After it cools down, using thumb and forefinger, stick the syrup between them. Release the 2 fingers. If single thread is obtained when the two fingers are released, it means one string consistency is achieved.
- Instead of grating pineapple or chopping into small pieces, you could also grind it coarsely.
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Wow! Very simple recipe Raksha which I almost forgot because buying from shop seemed easier but I doubt now.
Going to try this out this weekend itself 🙂
Thanks dear