Homemade Cranberry Jam Recipe

on October 05, 2023

Cranberry Jam Recipe

Winter Preparations

Summer days passed very fast, we have just started to days of Autumn season. The weather suddenly turned cold here. Summer and Autumn seasons mean that preparing many kinds of jams for the daily times and winter times. Actually, Turks, traditionally, love to keep stuffing things for the winter months. Because winter preparations are a very important task for them.

Homemade jams are really perfect option for the breakfast tables in winter days. We love homemade jams very much. When we were children. We were looking forward to our grandmothers' homemade jams. She made many kinds of jam, such as jam of apricots, strawberries and cranberry. But cranberry jam was the best. At that times, jams were always made in homes. Because, you didn't find any of them in the groceries. And mothers or grandmothers make homemade jams / marmalades and send to their children who live away from the home. We still make homemade jams and send to our children too.

Winter preparations: cranberry jam recipe

Turkish Style Cranberry Jam / Marmalade

Fresh cranberries are only harvest in the autumn season and are available at our local grocery store from September through the November. We love cranberry's jam and sherbet (syrup) alot. Generally, we buy cranberry alot in September and November. And we stock up on fresh cranberries during the autumn season and freeze an amount of them that will last through the year.

Cranberry recipes

Making homemade jam is a traditional event and is a super fun activity for the Turks. Especially, our cranberry jam is veryvunique and is a perfect addition to breakfast dish. Also cranberry recipes are very popular here. For example, we consume cranberry sherbet and cranberry sauce alot during the year. When you follow our recipe step by step, you can make it easily in your kitchen.

This simple cranberry jam recipe is made only 4 ingredients and makes a perfect addition to many breakfast dishes. Further more, this easy cranberry jam recipe is a perfect addition to your Thanksgiving or Christmas menu too.

How to Make Cranberry Jam

In this post, we are going to share our very delicious cranberry jam's recipe with you. We are sure, when you try it, your house holds and you like it alot. It is not complicated and recipe is really so easy and ingredients are so simple. You just need fresh cranberry, granulated sugar, lemon juice and water.

It turned out to be something delicious that you can try not only with butter cream for breakfast, but also with sharp and delicious cheeses at different meals.

Recipe for Cranberry Jam

Here it is our yummy cranberry jam's recipe;

Serve: 2 Half pint jars, Preparation Time: 15 or 20 minutes, Cooking Time: 40 or 45 minutes, Cuisine: Mediterranean/Anatolian Cuisine,

Very good family favourite;

Ingredients: 1 kg fresh cranberries,

Ingredients: 1 or 1,5 Cup of water,

Ingredients: 1 or 1,5 Cup of granulated sugar,

Ingredients: 1 teaspoon of butter,

Ingredients: 1 teaspoon of lemon juice,

Ingredients: 1/4 teaspoon of lemon salt, (optional),

Preparation: firstly wash and drain the cranberries,

Then put cranberries and water in the pot together
and boil mixture,

Boil mixture until the skins of the
cranberries burst and become soft,

Then strain the cranberries you took from the stove
and set aside the water and leave to cool,

Then transfer the cranberry mixture to another bowl
and crush the cooled cranberries with your hands,

Or crush them with the tablespoon in a fine mesh
strainer and separate them from the seeds,

Then transfer the cranberry puree into the pot,

Then add the sugar into the mixture and stir,

Then add the butter into the mixture and stir,
(for decreasing the foam),

Lastly add lemon juice and lemon salt into the mixture.
Then Cook it for about 20-25 mins,

Then remove the jam from the heat and put it in
a clean glass jar. When your jam in the jar
has cooled, close the lid,

Enjoy your cranberry jam on toast, with yogurt,
or as a condiment for various dishes,

Ingredients:

1 kg fresh cranberries,
1 or 1,5 Cup of water,
1 or 1,5 Cup of granulated sugar, (nearly 200-300 gr. But if you want, you can add more sugar in it),
1 teaspoon of butter,
1 teaspoon of lemon juice,
1/4 Teaspoon of lemon salt, (couple of pieces of lemon salt), (optional),

Preparation:

First of all, put your all ingredients on the work surface. Secondly, wash and drain the cranberries. Then Put them and water in the pot together and boil mixture until the skins of the cranberries burst and become soft (it takes nearly 15-20 minutes). Then strain the cranberries you took from the stove and set aside the water and leave to cool.
Then transfer the cranberry mixture to another bowl and crush the cooled cranberries with your hands or with the table spoon in a fine mesh strainer as in the photo (above) and separate them from the seeds. (It is easier to pour and crush the cranberry juice from time to time.)
Then transfer the cranberry puree into the pot and add sugar, lemon juice, lemon salt and butter to the cranberry puree, cook the mixture for about 20-25 minutes. Stir it time to time (until it starts to thicken).
To control the consistency of jam, it is enough to drop 1 drop on the tea plate you have cooled in the refrigerator. If it does not flow easily, it means it has a consistency.
Then remove the jam from the heat and put it in a clean glass jar. When your jam in the jar has cooled, close the lid. And then, store in a dark and cool place or store in the refrigerator.

Enjoy your homemade cranberry jam on toast, with yogurt, or as a condiment for various dishes!

Please let us know how this "Home Made Cranberry Jam (Kızılcık Reçeli) Recipe" turns out for you in the comments. We are always so eager to hear from you.