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Recipe: Tirolean Blueberry Jam
Ingredients (makes 4-5 jars)
500 g blueberries
40 ml water
500 g jam sugar (1:1)
4 juniper berries
Juice from half a lemon
1 shot of rum (optional)
½ apple, peeled and cut into small pieces
Instructions
Bring the blueberries, water and preserving sugar to the boil in a pan while stirring. Put the juniper berries in a tea bag and add to the mix. Add the lemon juice and half the rum. Allow to simmer for 3-4 minutes, stirring regularly.
Skim off the foam and rinse the jars in very hot water. Add the remaining rum and the pieces of apple to the jam and simmer for around 1 minute, then remove the tea bag with the juniper berries.
Now it's time to see if your jam has set! Pour 1 spoonful of jam onto a cold plate and leave to cool briefly. If the jam sticks to the plate, it's ready.
Pour the jam into the jars, seal tightly and turn them upside down for 5-10 minutes. Then turn them back up the right way again and leave to cool. The jam is ready to be eaten the next day. The best way to enjoy blueberry jam is, of course, on a slice of Tirolean farmer's bread.
Maria from the Böglalm restaurant in Alpbach show us her way of making blueberry jam with juniper berries and apples. Click on the video below to see how she does it.
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