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Cooking Guide
Micro - Made Extras
Strawberry Jam
Makes: Approximately 600 ml
Ingredients:
1 kg strawberries, washed 1 kg
and hulled
1 kg caster sugar 1 kg
pectin if required
Method:
Place strawberries in a 4-litre casserole dish. Cover
and cook on HIGH for 5 minutes. Stir in sugar and
pectin if required. Cook on MEDIUM-HIGH for 25 to
30 minutes, stirring every 10 minutes. Cool and
bottle in sterilised jars. Seal.
Sweet Apricot Jam
Makes: 3 cups (750 ml)
Ingredients:
750 g dried apricots, 750 g
cut in quarters
1800 ml water 1800 ml
1.3 kg sugar 1,3 kg
2 tablespoons pectin 30 ml
Method:
Place apricots and water in a 4-litre casserole dish.
Cover and allow to stand overnight. Add sugar to
apricots and water. Cover and cook on HIGH for
25 to 30 minutes, stirring halfway through cooking.
Remove lid, add pectin, stir well. Cook on HIGH for
a further 25 to 30 minutes, stirring halfway through
cooking. Allow to cool slightly before pouring into
sterilised jars. Seal.
Rhubarb and Berry Jam
Makes: 1
1
/
2
cups (375 ml)
Ingredients:
2 cups chopped chubarb 500 ml
1
1
/
2
cups berries, fresh or frozen 375 ml
2 tablespoons orange juice 30 ml
1 cup caster sugar 250 ml
Method:
Combine rhubarb, berries and orange juice in
a 3-litre casserole dish. Cook on HIGH for 8 to
10 minutes, stirring twice during cooking. Add sugar,
stir until dissolved, cook on HIGH for a further 10 to
15 minutes, stirring every 5 minutes. Pour into
sterilised jars, seal when cold.
Orange Marmalade
Makes: 3 cups (750 ml)
Ingredients:
700 g oranges 700 g
1 lemon 1
water
3 cups sugar, warmed 750 ml
Method:
Wash fruit. Cut fruit in half, reserve seeds, squeeze
juice from fruit and set aside. Remove rind from fruit
being careful not to include white pith. Cut ride into
fine strips. Set aside. Pour fruit juice into a 4-cup
(1 litre) jug. Add enough water to make 3 cups
(750 ml) of liquid. Add seeds. Cover and cook on
HIGH for 20 minutes. Strain. Add sugar to mixture
and rind, mix well and cook on HIGH for a further 30
minutes or until marmalade has set. Pour into clean
sterilised jars. Seal.
Tip: To warm sugar - Place sugar in a 2-litre
casserole dish and cook on HIGH for 1 to
1
1
/
2
minutes.
Jam