Description
This homemade Mango Jam is made with fresh mango, sugar, and lime juice. It is naturally thick, bright, sweet, and spreadable with no pectin needed.
Ingredients
Scale
- 2 cups chopped ripe mango
- 3/4 cup granulated sugar
- 1 teaspoon lime juice
Instructions
- Add chopped mango and granulated sugar to a medium saucepan.
- Cook over medium heat, stirring often and mashing the mango as it softens.
- Continue cooking for 15 to 20 minutes, or until the mixture becomes thick and jam-like.
- Stir in the lime juice and cook for another 5 minutes.
- Remove the pan from the heat and let the jam cool completely.
- Transfer the cooled jam to a clean airtight jar.
- Refrigerate the jam and let it thicken further over the next 24 to 48 hours.
- Serve on buttered bread, Cuban crackers, yogurt, ice cream, or use as a sweet glaze.
Notes
- This recipe makes about 1 cup of jam.
- The jam lasts 2 to 3 weeks in the refrigerator in an airtight container.
- Freeze for up to 3 months in a freezer-safe container.
- Use ripe, sweet mangoes for the best flavor.
- The jam thickens more as it cools and rests in the refrigerator.
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 20 minutes
- Category: Breakfast
- Method: Stovetop
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 tablespoon
- Calories: 100
- Sugar: 23
- Sodium: 2
- Fat: 1
- Saturated Fat: 1
- Unsaturated Fat: 0
- Trans Fat: 0
- Carbohydrates: 25
- Fiber: 3
- Protein: 1
- Cholesterol: 0