Tómat marmelaði

Tomato jam

On the website of "Sölufélag garðyrkumanna", the sales association of Icelandic gardeners, I found this recipe for a delicious, sweet tomato jam. My children were a bit puzzled about it ("Tomatoes? Jam?)". For them this didn't go together. But I really like the taste. 

Ingredients

10 tomatoes

2 oranges

1/2 lemon

200 g sugar

1/2 tsp ground cloves

1 cinnamon stick

Preparation

Carefully cut the skin of the tomatoes so that they don't burst when heated up.

Immerse them briefly into boiling water and then dip in cold water. Then remove the skin and chop the peeled tomatoes.

Peel the oranges as well and cut them into small pieces.

Place the tomato and orange pieces in a large saucepan.

Squeeze the lemon and pour the juice into the saucepan.

Add sugar, cloves and the cinnamon stick and cook over medium heat for about 1 hour until the jam has thickened. For testing whether it has cooked long enough, put a little blob of it on a cold plate. It should not run.

Remove the cinnamon stick.

Rinse the jam jars with boiling water and pour in the hot jam directly.

It tastes wonderful - especially on top of a cheese sandwich!

Bon appetit!