What can I make with watermelons?
This year we grew a bunch of watermelons in the garden. If you’re looking for a good container fruit to grow, watermelon is the direction you should go in. On each plant we usually get 3-4 watermelons which quickly adds up when you have a few plants! By the way did you know that watermelon is a fruit and a vegetable? It is a fruit because it grows from a seed. It’s a vegetable because it is harvested and cleared from the field like other vegetables and because it is a member of the same family as pumpkins. I had no idea!
Watermelon Jam Recipe
First, you’ll need watermelon juice which is easy to make. Remove the seeds from your watermelon and then throw watermelon chunks in a blender or food processor. Blend until it turns into watermelon juice! I love making homemade jam with blueberries so I decided this time to make a watermelon jam recipe. And because I think all jam tastes and smells better with a bit of cinnamon we’ll throw some of that in to make it extra special. This recipe calls for 16 cups of watermelon juice (watermelon is 92% juice) but if you don’t have that much just scale down the recipe. Start with a big pot of your watermelon juice. Bring it to a boil on the stove. Reduce heat to medium high. And then continue to lightly boil for the next 2-3 hours. You will see the watermelon start to break down and thicken to a dark jam color. This is mine after 3 hours. I’ll let the jam sit for a few minutes to thicken up completely and then I’ll quickly get it in mason jars, You can see how thick the jam got here.
I bet noone will believe you when you tell them this jam is watermelon jam!Watermelon Jam without pectin!
Now throw in a mason jar and into the fridge it goes. No pectin is required for this watermelon jam! When it’s ready to spread on a bagel or toast, smear a bit all over and enjoy your homemade jam! Hope you enjoy it as much as I do!
More Jam Recipes
Looking for more jam recipes? Try my other favorites: 1 Pint Blueberry Jam Homemade Apricot Jam Raspberry Jam Strawberry Peach Jam Pin for later: Looking for more watermelon recipes? Try my watermelon soup!
