Cantaloupe Jam Recipes

SALTED HONEY CANTALOUPE JAM

Steps:

• Bring cantaloupe and 1 cup water to a boil in a medium saucepan, mashing lightly with a potato masher; add sugar and lemon juice and bring to a boil, stirring constantly. Cook, stirring, until mixture is thick, 15-20 minutes. Stir in honey, salt, and pectin and boil vigorously, stirring, 2 minutes. Let cool. Transfer jam to a glass jar, cover, and chill.
• Do Ahead
• Jam can be made 1 month ahead. Keep chilled.

CANTALOUPE PEACH JAM

Steps:

• Add the cantaloupe and peaches to a large pot.
• Cook over medium heat, stir constantly, for 15 minutes.
• Add in sugar and lemon juice, stir to combine.
• Bring to a boil, stirring constantly.
• Lower the heat and simmer 30 to 45 minutes, or until thickened.
• Add in the lemon rind and cook for 3 more minutes, stirring constantly.
• Take pot from oven burner; skim off foam.
• Pour hot mixture into hot, sterilzed jars, fill to about 1/4-inch from top.
• Remove air bubbles and wipe jar rims.
• Cover immediately with jar lids and screw on bands.
• Process in boiling water bath for 5 minutes.

MELON & VANILLA JAM

Steps:

• Deseed, remove the skin and cut the melon into 1 - 2 cm size cubes. Place in a bowl and mix in the sugar so all the melon is coated. Leave the melon to stand for around 4 - 5 hours, stirring every so often.
• After at least 4 hours the juice of the melon will have been drawn out. Pour the juice into a pan and reserve the melon chunks in a bowl.
• Begin to heat the melon juice in the pan along with the vanilla pod that has been cut in half lengthways and the seeds scraped out. Bring to a simmer and reduce by around half. Add the melon chunks to the juice and bring to a rolling boil.
• Prepare a hot water bath and carefully place the cleaned jars in it. Bring to a simmer and then remove the jars when ready to fill.
• Boil the melon jam until it reaches 105°C / 221°F. Stir in the liquid pectin or follow the instructions for doing so and perform a wrinkle test to check the jams set. Boil for another 5 minutes if the setpoint hasn't been reached and test again.
• Once the jam has reached setting point ladle into the still-hot jars. Add the lids and bands and screw on until just tight. Process the jars in the boiling water bath submerged by at least 1 inch for 10 minutes, starting the timer when the bath reaches a boil.
• After 10 minutes remove from the heat, allow the jars to stand in the boiling water bath for 5 minutes and then lift out with jar tongs. Allow to cool to completely.

CANTALOUPE JAM

Steps:

• In an 8-quart pan, combine the cantaloupe, lemon juice, sugar, and butter.
• Over med-low heat, stirring constantly, heat the mixture until the sugar is completely dissolved.
• Increase heat to med-high and bring the mixture to a full rolling boil, stirring constantly.
• Stir in the entire contents of both pectin pouches; return mixture to a full rolling boil, stirring constantly.
• Boil, stirring constantly, for 1 minute.
• Remove pan from the heat; skim off any foam.
• To prevent jam from separating in the jars, allow the jam to cool for 5 minutes before filling the jars.
• Gently stir the jam every minute or so to distribute the fruit.
• Ladle the hot jam into hot jars, leaving 1/4-inch headspace.
• Wipe jar rims and threads with a clean, damp cloth; cover with hot lids and apply screw rings.
• Process half-pint jars in a 200°F water bath for 10 minutes; pint jars for 15 minutes.

SALTED CANTALOUPE JAM RECIPE - (4.1/5)

Steps:

• Fill a water bath canner with water, and place inside eight half-pint jars (make sure the water covers the jars). Bring to a boil. Place lids and rings in a small saucepan with hot water and heat, but do not boil. Bring cantaloupe, lemon juice, and 3 1/2 cups of sugar to a boil in a large stock pot over medium-high heat. Bring to a full, rolling boil that cannot be stirred down (it should take 10 to 15 minutes). Once the mixture is at a full boil, whisk together the remaining sugar and the pectin. Whisk the mixture into the cantaloupe mixture. Bring mixture back to a full boil, and then boil hard for 2 to 3 minutes, or until the mixture looks thickened and is set. I like to test it by putting a small amount on a spoon and placing it in the freezer for a few minutes. If it's jelly-like when it's cold, it's set! If not, boil for a few more minutes. Once set, remove from heat, and stir in the vanilla extract and salt. Remove the hot jars from the water bath canner, and turn the canner back up onto high. Ladle the jam into the hot jars, leaving a 1/2-inch headspace. Using a clean, damp cloth, wipe any extra jam from the rim of the jars, and then place on the lids and the rings-tightening just until snug, not overly tight. Place the jars in a rack in the water bath canner, bring to a boil, and process for 10 minutes. Remove from canner, and let cool completely. Check seals after 24 hours-the lids shouldn't flex or move when pushed down on. Store sealed jars in a cool dark place for up to a year. Any jars that don't seal, place in the fridge and eat within a month.