Banana Jam

Have you ever thought of making Banana Jam? No? Neither have I. We are used to strawberry jam, apricot jam, citrus marmalade but not banana.

Recently I came across a recipe for Banana Jam on the internet. I made some trials and variations and I ended up with the following recipe. If you follow my “step by step” method there is no way of failure.

You will need

• 1 kg ripe bananas cut in slices
• 650 gr sugar (initially I put 800 gr but it was too sweet so I reduced it)
• 200 gr freshly squeezed orange juice
• 50 gr freshly squeezed lemon juice
• a pinch of cinnamon
• vanilla
• 2 shots of Rum

Method

• Put the sugar, orange juice and lemon juice in a pan and heat until the sugar dissolves, stirring occasionally.
• Add the bananas and let it boil for 10 minutes, stirring occasionally and checking for the desired consistency.
• At the end add the cinnamon, the vanilla and the rum and take it off the fire.
• Put the jam, while it is still hot, in sterilised jars, close and turn the jars upside down until it cools down.

Share your jam experience on Instagram and tag @ourmodusvivendi so that I can see them.

Good luck and enjoy making it.

Yiannos