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Jam · From Bladwijzer

Chokeberry and apple jam

Updated on 9 October 2026

• Makes: ± 5 jars of 250 ml
• Time: 50 min
• From: Black chokeberry

Ingredients

• 600 g black chokeberries
• 400 g sour apples (weighed after peeling)
• 100 ml water
• 500 g jam sugar with pectin (2:1)
• juice of ½ lemon

Method

1. Rinse the berries and remove the stalks. Peel and core the apples and dice them.
2. Simmer the berries, apples and water for 15–20 minutes, until everything is soft.
3. Blend with a stick blender, smooth or chunky as you like.
4. Add the jam sugar and lemon juice and bring to the boil, stirring.
5. Boil hard for 4 minutes (or as the packet says) and skim off the foam.
6. Fill hot, clean jars to the brim, close and turn them upside down for 5 minutes.

Storing: A year in a cool, dark place; once opened, in the fridge.