Fig Jam

Recipe Type:	Veg.
Difficulty:	Easy

Ingredients:

• 2.2 kg Fresh Figs
• 3/4 cup Water
• 7 cups Sugar
• 1/4 cup Lemon Juice
• 1 small packet Pectin

Cooking Instructions:

• First wash the figs under running water. Then cut off the stems and the bottom of the figs.
• Heat water into a pot and bring it to a boil.
• Pour the boiling water over figs and leave it for 10 minutes.
• Drain the water and chop the figs.
• Now mix a little pectin with about 1/4 cup of sugar.
• Take a pot and add 3/4 cup water, sugar, rest of the pectin and figs. Heat it to boil, stir occasionally until sugar dissolves.
• Cook rapidly until thick. Stir frequently to avoid sticking.
• Add lemon juice and the earlier-made pectin-sugar mixture into the fig mixture and cook 1 minute longer.
• Pour the mixture into Ball Jars. Allow it to cool and then put it in the refrigerator.