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    Homemade Pineapple and Passionfruit Jam Thermomix

    Published: Sep 2, 2017 · Modified: Dec 5, 2022 by Julie Carlyle · This post may contain affiliate links · 9 Comments

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    When I was a child, jam came in a multitude of different flavours. One of my favourites was homemade passionfruit jam. We would always have different varieties of homemade jam in the fridge. The jam was usually gifted from a someone who had a surplus of fruit. Even supermarkets stocked a variety of flavours. Today it seems like the only supermarket choice is strawberry jam and not as many people are making their own jam.

    Thermomix Passionfruit Jam Toast

    Pineapple and Passionfruit Jam

    Julie Carlyle
    A delicious summer tasting jam, full of big fruit flavours!
    5 from 4 votes
    Print Recipe
    Prep Time 5 minutes mins
    Cook Time 50 minutes mins
    Total Time 55 minutes mins
    Course Condiment
    Cuisine Australian
    Servings 4 jars

    Ingredients
      

    • 450 gm pineapple peeled weight (½ pineapple)
    • 300 gm passionfruit pulp (approx 10-12 small passionfruit)
    • 370 gm water
    • 45 gm fresh lemon juice
    • 1 outer lemon peel reserved from the juiced lemon
    • 750 gm sugar
    • 50 gm Jamsetta

    Instructions
     

    • Squeeze the lemon and reserve the lemon juice for later.
    • Cut pineapple into cubes and place it in TM bowl. 
    • Add water and 2 halves of the squeezed lemon to the TM bowl. Cook 30min/Varoma/Speed1 (MC OUT)
    • Remove the lemon skins from TM bowl. Blend 50sec/Speed 5-10 increasing slowly.
    • Add the passion fruit, sugar, lemon juice and Jamsetta to the TM bowl. Mix to combine 5sec/Speed 3.
    • Cook 15min/110/Speed 1 (MC OUT). Watch the jam carefully for the last 5 minutes. 
    • While the jam is cooking sterilize the jars by washing them in warm water.
    • Place the clean wet jars on a roasting tray in the oven.
    • Turn the oven to 110 degrees and allow the jars to heat slowly.
    • Once the oven has reached 110, turn the oven off, leaving the jars inside. 
    • Test the jam by place a spoonful of jam onto something in the freezer. As it cools it should get a jam consistency. If not cook it for a further 2 minutes and then retest. *This is very important as the jam will vary on the time it takes to reach setting point depending on how ripe the fruit is, pectin level and moisture content. 
    • Once the jam has reached setting point remove the jars from the oven. Pour the hot jam into the hot jars and seal with the lid whilst hot.
    • Leave the jam on the bench to cool.  Once cooled the jars can be refrigerated.

    Notes

    TM31 users should cook the jam on 100 degrees. Test the jam for setting point before bottling. 
    Tried this recipe?Let us know how it was!

    Making jam is a great use for surplus passion fruit because it uses up a lot of fruit. Jam keeps for a long time so you can enjoy the lovely passion fruit flavours long after the vine is bare.

    Homemade Thermomix Passionfruit Jam
    Homemade Thermomix Passionfruit Jam

    Jam in the Thermomix is super easy when you have a good recipe. It took me two attempts at this Pineapple and Passionfruit jam recipe before I had success, but now it will be a cinch for you. I had a little trouble because I was converting an old passion fruit jam recipe. My recipe needed to include pineapple because I had purchased a pineapple that was completely tasteless. no one would eat the pineapple as it was, so jam was the only option. The original recipe was a conventional stove top recipe so I also needed to make it suitable for the Thermomix. To add insult to injury the original recipe was really imprecise!

    Thermomix Passionfruit Jam
    Thermomix Passionfruit Jam

    My first attempt at making the jam was delicious, but it didn't set. Both Pineapple and Passionfruit have very low pectin levels. Pectin is the setting agent naturally found in some fruits. Low pectin means the jam won't set naturally. There are two ways to fix this problem. The first method is to add a fruit to the jam which has high pectin levels. This is great if you want to taste another fruit flavour. If you want to keep the jam purely made from the low pectin fruit you need to use Jamsetta. Jamsetta is tasteless and is simply pectin from fruit dehydrated with a little sugar as a carrier.

    Passionfruit and Pineapple Jam
    Passionfruit and Pineapple Jam

    In my first attempt, I decided to add some lemon (skin and all) as this is high in pectin. The lemon gave the jam a lovely flavour, but it wasn't enough pectin to set the jam. For my second attempt, I used the same recipe as the first attempt but added Jamsetta. Success!

    Passionfruit Jam Thermomix Style
    Passionfruit Jam Thermomix Style

    What a delicious success it was! The jam had such a sweet, tropical, floral flavour! So many amazing food memories came flooding back to me. Obviously, when you have a delicious jam you need to choose your favourite bread, toast it, add a little too much butter and jam, then enjoy it shamelessly.

    Passion Fruit and Pineapple Jam
    Passion Fruit and Pineapple Jam

    If you have a passionfruit vine make sure you pin this recipe for when you have a surplus. I also have a few more passion fruit recipes you may be interested in saving. I will be making it regularly now even though I don't have a vine. The passion fruit jam is so delicious it's even worth buying passion fruit.

    Passionfruit Jam Recipe - Pin for later
    Passionfruit Jam Recipe - Pin for later!

    Passionfruit curd is always a favourite and once you make the curd this Passionfruit Teacake is a simple way to put the curd to use. I will be making the jam regularly now even though I don't have a vine. I think the jam is so delicious it's even worth buying passion fruit.

    Passionfruit Curd
    Passionfruit Curd

    So I'm off to deliver some of my jam to friends. The lovely thing about making preserves is the recipe always makes too much for one family. I love sharing gifts from the kitchen. Jams and relishes are a favourite as you can't get variety unless you make your own.

     

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    Comments

    1. Tracy says

      October 02, 2022 at 7:15 am

      Can't wait to try this. I have previously used pear with passionfruit, but will definitely try pineapple next time. Sounds moresome.

      Reply
    2. Penny Subbotin says

      May 19, 2020 at 7:34 pm

      Sounds fab and I am going to try it. Do you think jam sugar without jamsetta would do the trick. The pectin is already added to the preserving sugar. Thank you.

      Reply
    3. Denise White says

      November 11, 2018 at 1:26 pm

      5 stars
      I have just finished making this jam. It is truly delicious. I used frozen pineapple & frozen passionfuit. Had no lemons or jamsetta but used jam setting sugar. (CSR Australian)

      Reply
      • Julie Carlyle says

        November 12, 2018 at 1:09 pm

        Hi Denise, That's fabulous 🙂 Jam setting sugar is a combination of Jamsetta and sugar. I've used it before and love it for fruits that aren't high in pectin and wouldn't set otherwise. Thanks for leaving a comment, I'm sure the tip about the sugar will be appreciated by other readers. 🙂
        Happy Cooking Julie

        Reply
    4. sue | theviewfromgreatisland says

      September 04, 2017 at 1:58 am

      This is so cool ~ I discovered passionfruit a year or two ago, and I get so excited every time I see them at the farmers market, I can't wait to try this!

      Reply
    5. Allison - Celebrating Sweets says

      September 04, 2017 at 1:24 am

      What great flavors! I have to try this!

      Reply
    6. Emily says

      September 03, 2017 at 10:12 pm

      5 stars
      What a delicious looking jam, I need to try this!

      Reply
    7. Amy @ The Cook Report says

      September 03, 2017 at 8:50 pm

      5 stars
      This looks so delicious! I've never tried a jam with passionfruit

      Reply
    8. Marsha | Marsha's Baking Addiction says

      September 03, 2017 at 7:44 pm

      5 stars
      Gosh, this jam sounds SO good!

      Reply

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