Best Tangerine Jam Recipes

TANGERINE JAM

Steps:

• Cut the tangerines in half. Squeeze out the juice and keep, covered, in the refrigerator.
• Remove the thin membranes which separate the segments and fibers inside the peel. Then simmer the peels in water for about 7-10 minutes until soft. Drain, cover with a fresh portion of cold water, and soak for 12 hours or overnight, changing the water once or twice if possible, to get rid of all the bitterness.
• Drain the peel and chop it roughly.
• Pour the reserved tangerine juice into a large pan. Add the sugar and chopped peel and bring to the boil. Simmer for 15-30 minutes, until the syrup thickens and forms a firm jelly when a drop is left on a cold plate. Let the jam cool slightly, then pour into clean jars and seal tightly.

TOMATILLO TANGERINE JAM VERDE

Steps:

• Remove fruity pulp from the tangerines. Boil the skins gently until tender enough to pierce with a fork. Cool, then scrape any white pith from the underside of peels. Chop peels coarsely.
• Zest the lemon, squeeze juice, and strain and save it. Need about 1/8 cup. Remove husks from tomatillos, wash sticky sap off them.
• Cook tomatillos with the salt in the 2 cups water until they are soft.
• Put the tangerine pulp, peels, lemon juice and zest in food processor. Add jalapeno, cilantro and tomatillos. Process until mixture resembles salsa consistency and cilantro and peels are finely chopped.
• Put mixture in heavy kettle. Bring to full boil, add the sugar except for 1/4 cup to mix in with the pectin. Stir well and boil 1 minute. Mix pectin with the reserved sugar, and add, along with the butter. Stir well, bring to boil again, boil 1 minute.
• Fill sterilized jars within 1/8" of rim. Clean rims with damp paper towel then add lids. Process in water bath canner 10 minute (check your elevation chart to see what your processing time is based on your location's elevation) Remove from canner, let sit and cool 24 hours. This will firm up overnight. If any jars do not seal, refrigerate jam and use promptly.
• Recipe assumes basic knowledge about canning. Jam as made tested OK with pH strip for safe acidity.

CRANBERRY TANGERINE JAM

Steps:

• In large pot combine cranberries, water and juice. Bring to a boil, reduce heat, simmer covered until cranberries pop. Remove from heat and cool for 1 hour. Then transfer cranberry mixture to a blender or food processor. Cover and blend or process until smooth. Return to pot.
• Add sugar and cinnamon, stir. Bring to a boil stirring constantly. Reduce heat and simmer for about 25 minutes or until mixture is thickened, stirring frequently. Remove from heat. Discard cinnamon stick.
• Ladle into hot sterilized 4 oz jars, leaving 1/4" headspace. Wipe rims and add lids.
• Process jars for your recommended altitude.
• I like chunkier jam, so I will instead blend half the cranberries, water and juice first before cooking, then put blended berry mixer and whole berries into pot and go to step 2. Or just process all the fruit until smooth, then go onto step 2. This cuts out the 1 hour of cooling time.
• If you are using frozen berries, just defrost them in cool water. Frozen cranberries last up to one year. The older they are the more wrinkled the berries become. Any mush berries should be discarded.