Fig Jam Ingredients and Steps

Everyone knows that figs are delicious fruits, but can you use figs as ingredients to make delicious fig jam ? Let me introduce it to you.

The therapeutic value of figs

The swollen inflorescence axis (cryptocarp) of the woody plant fig of the Moraceae family. It is also called the Sun-Shaped Fruit, the Natural Fruit, the Fairy Fruit, the Milk Fruit, and the Honey Fruit. It is cultivated in various parts of my country. It is harvested in autumn when the cryptocarp is ripe. Wash and use fresh, or dry it in the sun.

Nature and flavor: sweet, neutral. It can nourish the spleen and stomach, moisten the lungs and relieve throat pain, and moisten the intestines and promote bowel movements.

Reference: Contains glucose, fructose, sucrose, protein, citric acid, succinic acid, malonic acid, oxalic acid, malic acid, plant growth hormone, starch saccharase, lipase, protease, gelatin, steroids, vitamin C, calcium, phosphorus and other ingredients.

The enzymes contained in it help digestion and have a laxative effect. Its extract has a hypotensive effect on experimental animals. The substance obtained by treating the water extract of this product with acetone has an inhibitory effect on Ehrlich sarcoma. The milk obtained from the unripe fruit can inhibit rat transplanted sarcoma and mouse spontaneous breast cancer, causing tumor necrosis; it can also delay the development of transplanted adenocarcinoma, myeloid leukemia, and lymphosarcoma and cause them to degenerate.

Fig Jam Ingredients

Figs, lemon juice, maltose.

Fig Jam Recipe

Peel the figs and cut them into small pieces (you can put them into a blender and blend them into pulp), put them in a pot, squeeze in a spoonful of lemon juice, turn on medium heat first, the figs will produce a lot of juice when heated, and when the juice starts to bubble, turn to low heat and simmer slowly, stirring constantly with a spoon during this period.

Notice

1. I didn't pulp the figs, so the jam I made had some pulpy texture and was very delicious. After pulping, the cooking time would probably be much longer, but you can imagine that the jam would be very delicate and would not have any pulpy particles.

2. It is best not to use iron or aluminum pots to make jam, as most people know.

3. My figs are already very sweet. Maltose is not as sweet as sugar, but it can increase the viscosity after adding it. If you don’t like the taste of maltose, you can add sugar.

4. Boil the bottle containing jam in boiling water, which will have a good disinfection effect. I used a small milk bottle (pudding bottle) for baking.