My garden is full of fresh jalapenos this time of year and I have had to get very creative with them. I always make the normal hot pepper jelly, but once I made this pineapple jam, everyone has fallen in love with it. It’s great with cream cheese on a biscuit at breakfast.
First if using fresh pineapple you will want to dice it up and pulse it in your blender.
Next, in a 4 to 5 quart pot, combine the sugar, pineapple, lemon juice, jalapenos, and butter.
Cook over high heat, stirring constantly until mixture comes to a full rolling boil.
Stir in the fruit pectin
Return the mixture to a full rolling boil and boil for 1 minute, stirring constantly.
DO NOT OVERCOOK!
Remove from heat.
Skim off any foam with a metal spoon.
*Ladle the hot jam into sterilized jars and top with hot lids to ensure that they seal*
I wash my jars in the dishwasher and then run the heat cycle once I get started making the jam. Then I put the lids into a small pot of water and get them very hot with really not boiling them. This really ensures that the jars will seal.
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Very good as written, except I used 2 whole jalapenos (about 5 tbsp. minced) instead of the 2 tbsp. as stated in the recipe, and I can hardly taste the jalapeno or any heat… I may leave in some seeds next time… overall, excellent flavour, my fresh pineapples were super juicy and sweet. Thanks for the recipe!
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Gwenlyn Ross on 9.27.2023
I did not water bath this Pineapple Jalapeno Jam, per recipe. Made two batches today, all sealed good. I’ve made this recipe previously but always water bathed the jars. Guess I’ll know later wether to wb or not.
Bankie on 12.20.2015
What is the shelf life or does it need to be water bath?
mamacitaofchicas on 9.25.2009
this was so easy and great tasting. we even got my mom to bottle some. this will be great for christmas gifts.
hisfirefly on 8.7.2009
That sounds wonderful! We will again have extra peppers in our garden this year, so I may have to try this!
Sooz Hawkins on 8.5.2009
We used one of our jars last night as a dipping for some coconut shrimp.
YUMMY!