Post by Derek on Aug 5th, 2026 at 2:20pm
Not the first time I have made this one. Last did it in one of the cooking competitions on here.
Had a nice crop of Kent Pumpkins in the garden, most around the 2 kilo mark, and looking at different ways to cook them.
Ingredients
1000 grms Diced Pumpkin
1000 grms sugar
1 Large Lemon
10 cm Piece Ginger
Method
Dice pumpkin and mix through sugar. Sit covered at room temperature overnight.
Next day dice the lemon, remove any seeds and blitz in a blender. Grate the ginger.
Place pumpkin in heavy based pan, add the lemon and ginger.
Bring to a simmer and cook for 30 minutes.
Using a potato masher break the pumpkin up to the consistency you want you jam.
Place into sterilised jars while still hot.
I am currently up to the pumpkin and sugar mix and will add further photos tomorrow. You can see the sugar already starting to dissolve.
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Had a nice crop of Kent Pumpkins in the garden, most around the 2 kilo mark, and looking at different ways to cook them.
Ingredients
1000 grms Diced Pumpkin
1000 grms sugar
1 Large Lemon
10 cm Piece Ginger
Method
Dice pumpkin and mix through sugar. Sit covered at room temperature overnight.
Next day dice the lemon, remove any seeds and blitz in a blender. Grate the ginger.
Place pumpkin in heavy based pan, add the lemon and ginger.
Bring to a simmer and cook for 30 minutes.
Using a potato masher break the pumpkin up to the consistency you want you jam.
Place into sterilised jars while still hot.
I am currently up to the pumpkin and sugar mix and will add further photos tomorrow. You can see the sugar already starting to dissolve.
IMG_6380.jpeg (211 KB | 5
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IMG_6381.jpeg (151 KB | 7
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IMG_6382.jpeg (153 KB | 7
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