How to Make Fresh Fig Jam

Ingredients

• 1 kg candied green figs
• 1/4 teaspoon mastic
• 1/4 teaspoon lemon juice
• 500 g sugar
• 2 cups water or more to taste
• 1 tablespoon anise seeds
• Sesame
• Nuts to taste — optional
• Note:
• Water amount should be generous because the aim is to reach a syrup-like consistency. This is the secret to this type of jam served with figs.
• Fresh fig jam recipe from a friend and the cook on Shou Tabkhin Today:
• Fatima Zahoui Gamloush
• Click on Fatima's name to visit her page and enjoy her delicious recipes

Method

1. Dissolve the sugar in the water.
2. Put the figs into the sugar water and boil. Leave them over medium heat and stir from time to time gently to preserve the shape of the figs.
3. When the figs are half cooked, add sesame, anise, mastic, lemon juice, and nuts as desired, such as walnuts and almonds.
4. When the figs are cooked, remove the jam from the heat.
5. Let the fresh fig jam cool well and pour it into airtight glass jars.
6. Note:
7. There should be plenty of water because the goal is for the mixture to turn into a syrup-like consistency... this is the secret to the success of this type of jam, where we serve the syrup as an essential part of the dish with the figs.
8. Fresh fig jam recipe from a friend and cook on Shaw Tabkhin Today:
9. Fatima Zuhay Gamloush
10. Click Fatima's name to visit her page and enjoy her delicious recipes.
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