Every year, I smell the beautiful sweetness of cooked pineapple wafting into my windows.. from everyone’s home.
Over here, many make pineapple tarts, in anticipation of the lunar new year. And because I’m picky (and also intolerant to all sorts of stuff), I’ve been making my own.
My thermomix has been extremely helpful but traditionally, these jams have been made by standing over the stove and stirring it repeatedly.
If you’re keen to make some (I highly recommend it!) Please check out the recipe below. It only requires 3 ingredients. Couldn’t be simpler. It also doesn’t use white sugar (which IMO has no nutrients whatsoever).
By the way, I usually eat them by the spoonfuls.. before I get to keep some to make pineapple tarts. It’s that good. 
Oh, and I absolutely recommend keeping the pineapple juice that you strain out of your pineapples. They’re absolutely delicious as well. No sugar added.
But just be sure that your pineapples are ripe!
Pineapple Jam 🍍
Ingredients
- 3 pineapples about 1+ kg after it’s been peeled ⠀
- 1 cinnamon stick ⠀
- 1/2 cup honey to taste
Instructions
- Peel and chop 3 pineapples into medium sized chunks. ⠀
- Place pineapple chunks into thermomix (or blender). Chop at speed 6 for 3 seconds (essentially you want to -only- roughly chop it to get some excess juice out. You should still see pineapple chunks, not blended into juice). ⠀
- Strain the pineapples (keep the juice for a drink / smoothie - #nowaste!) ⠀
Thermomix:
- Put drained pineapples, about 1/2 cup honey (it’s really all about how sweet you want it to be) + 1 cinnamon stick into the thermomix and cook on Varoma for 40 mins or till it’s firm, slightly brown and sticky. ⠀
Non-thermomix alternative:
- Add the pineapples, cinnamon and honey to a pot, cook on low heat while stirring constantly until it’s firm, slightly brown and sticky. ⠀
