{"id":249,"date":"2020-03-22T06:30:22","date_gmt":"2020-03-22T13:30:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.meanboyfriend.com\/overdue\/?p=249"},"modified":"2020-03-22T12:26:49","modified_gmt":"2020-03-22T19:26:49","slug":"kiwi-and-grapefruit-gin-jam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.meanboyfriend.com\/overdue\/2020\/03\/kiwi-and-grapefruit-gin-jam\/","title":{"rendered":"Kiwi and grapefruit (gin) jam"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>We get a fruit and veg box delivered each week, and generally if there is an option that we don&#8217;t like or don&#8217;t use that much we can set a delivery preference to say we don&#8217;t want it. However, kiwi fruit is one of those things which I never take off the list of options because &#8230; well actually I&#8217;m not sure why &#8211; I suspect I feel that we *should* be eating it &#8211; but so often we end up putting soft kiwis in the compost bin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So a couple of weeks ago I decided enough was enough &#8211; and I really should do something with the kiwis. One recipe I&#8217;ve used before is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jamieoliver.com\/recipes\/fish-recipes\/tasty-fish-tacos\/\">Jamie Oliver&#8217;s kiwi salsa (part of his fish taco recipe)<\/a> which I recommend, but I was looking for something different &#8211; so I decided to try making kiwi jam.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I started with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/food\/2020\/feb\/15\/how-to-make-jam-from-over-ripe-kiwi-recipe\">a recipe I found in the Guardian<\/a> which is great because its so simple:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Kiwi fruits &#8211; as many as you want<\/li><li>1 tbsp sugar per kiwi<\/li><li>1 tsp lemon juice per kiwi<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>I used to be a real stickler for following recipes to the letter, but years of living with D and reading food writers like Nigel Slater, plus some confidence in my ability to cook, has meant I&#8217;m more ready to experiment and deviate from the recipe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The recipe says to leave the skin on the kiwis, but I knew D wouldn&#8217;t like that, so I just scooped out the insides with a teaspoon instead. I&#8217;d mixed up the kiwi and sugar and was adding the lemon when I realised I was a little short on lemon &#8211; so I was wondering what I could add that was &#8216;citrusy&#8217; and remembered a bottle of grapefruit gin I had in the cupboard (a Christmas present) &#8211; so I added a few splashes of that as well (it was total guess work &#8211; I was adding a bit more than I would have of lemon juice to try to get the flavour through &#8211; but still measured in teaspoons I&#8217;d say).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/www.meanboyfriend.com\/overdue\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/IMG_2138-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-250\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.meanboyfriend.com\/overdue\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/IMG_2138-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.meanboyfriend.com\/overdue\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/IMG_2138-300x300.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.meanboyfriend.com\/overdue\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/IMG_2138-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/www.meanboyfriend.com\/overdue\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/IMG_2138-768x768.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.meanboyfriend.com\/overdue\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/IMG_2138-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/www.meanboyfriend.com\/overdue\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/IMG_2138-2048x2048.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Grapefruit gin<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Having mixed this all up, I put everything in a small pan (I only had 8 kiwis so I wasn&#8217;t making huge amounts) and cooked it until it went &#8220;jammy&#8221;. I thought I&#8217;d overdone it as it was quite thick and sticky even when hot &#8211; but I think it actually turned out pretty well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I poured boiling water into a couple of jam jars, let them sit for a few minutes, then poured it out, and put the jam in. Making in small quantities meant I wasn&#8217;t really worried about the jars being completely sterile (which, to be honest, is the thing that I struggle with most when making jam!).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The end product was delicious &#8211; quite sweet, with the gooseberry qualities of the kiwi fruit coming through and the grapefruit gin just very faintly at the back of it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I tried another batch this week but substituted the lemon juice with grapefruit juice (as we had a grapefruit in our delivery box) and left out the gin &#8211; the result was more &#8220;tart&#8221; than the original jam, and I missed the herbally\/gin note that my first attempt had &#8211; so I think I&#8217;d definitely add the gin again next time &#8211; perhaps tweaking the amount of lemon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you haven&#8217;t tried kiwi jam I&#8217;d highly recommend &#8211; it&#8217;s really good!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/www.meanboyfriend.com\/overdue\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/IMG_2115-1-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-251\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.meanboyfriend.com\/overdue\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/IMG_2115-1-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.meanboyfriend.com\/overdue\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/IMG_2115-1-300x300.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.meanboyfriend.com\/overdue\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/IMG_2115-1-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/www.meanboyfriend.com\/overdue\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/IMG_2115-1-768x768.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.meanboyfriend.com\/overdue\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/IMG_2115-1-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/www.meanboyfriend.com\/overdue\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/IMG_2115-1-2048x2048.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Kiwi jam on homemade bread<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We get a fruit and veg box delivered each week, and generally if there is an option that we don&#8217;t like or don&#8217;t use that much we can set a delivery preference to say we don&#8217;t want it. 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