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30. November 2018

Mango and black tea jam

Mango and black tea jam
Recipe serves 4
Preparation time: 30min

250ml water
15g black tea
3 ripe mangos
500g jam sugar
3 table spoons lemon juice

For 3 preserving jars of 500ml.

Heat up clean preserving jars in the oven at 100°. Put a plate into the fridge.

Boil water, pour black tea and leave to brew 5 minutes. Strain tea through a sieve and put tea leaves aside. Add water to the tea until reaching 250ml.

Peel the mangos, cut the flesh off the stone and puree.

Put 750g of the mango puree into a pan. Add tea, 1 tea spoon of tea leaves and jam sugar and bring to boil while constantly stirring. Add lemon juice and let cook another 4 minutes. Test for a set*.

Fill jam into preserving jars and seal well with the lid. Place jars upside down on their lids and let cool down.

* Test for a set: Take plate out of the fridge and place a spoonful of jam on it. If it doesn't set, cook jam another 2 minutes.