Eggplant Jam

Ingredients

• Small sweet eggplants suitable for jam
• Sugar
• Water with lime
• Syrup (water, sugar, and lemon juice)
• 1 tablespoon vanilla
• 1 tablespoon lemon juice
• Walnuts and almonds - optional
• Note: Quantities depend on how much you want to make; for every kilogram of eggplant you’ll need one kilogram of sugar
• Adlen Shalhom
• Nasim Alrouh
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Method

1. Peel the eggplants, taking care not to expose the seeds..
2. Let the peeled eggplant soak in water with lime for about half an hour...
3. Lift the eggplant from the lime and rinse well.
4. Boil the eggplant with water and sugar (1 kg eggplant needs 1 kg sugar)
5. Let the eggplant and sugar simmer in water for about fifteen minutes. Meanwhile, prepare the syrup (shira) …
6. Remove the eggplant from the boiling water, drain completely, then drop it into the syrup and simmer on low heat, pressing the eggplants from time to time until they take on a nice color and absorb the syrup's flavor.
7. Add lemon juice and vanilla...
8. When cooled, you can add a walnut or toasted almond to each eggplant piece... and store the jam in jars or suitable containers...