When Life Gives You Figs, Make Fig Jam…Orange Fig Jam

This orange fig jam recipes is so incredibly easy to make, requires no pectin and tastes heavenly! I don’t even like figs and I love this jam. Use it on bread, in desserts, but my favorite way is with brie and crackers!

If you’ve been reading my posts for a while, you may recall that I don’t like fresh figs. However, I love fig jam! I’m going to show you…

How to Make Orange Fig Jam

I wish I did like figs, because they’re insanely good for you, but I just don’t; I can’t lie. However, a few years ago, I was practically force fed an appetizer by a French foodie friend, that had fig jam on top–and well–I loved it! It didn’t taste like figs to me, and the funny thing is that my mother, who ADORES fresh figs, doesn’t like fig jam! She thinks it’s sacrilegious to even think about making fig jam.

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Well, I had to disappoint her (again), because at our last Food Bloggers of Los Angeles (FBLA) meeting, the lovely Karla Stockli from the California Fig Advisory Board, Fresh Fig Growers Association and Fig Institute joined us, and brought us all flats of fresh figs (how’s that for alliteration?) At first, I wasn’t going to take one, but then I realized that I could make fig jam.

When I got home, I set out to find a recipe online and came across a Drunken Fig Jam recipe from Bon Appétit, and decided I’d make an orange version of it by replacing the brandy with Grand Marnier. I also swapped half of the lemon zest for orange. As I already commented, I like orange fig jam on top of brie and crackers, but you can use it anyway you like to use any other jam. Put it on bread or toast, in yogurt, with scones, etc. I hope you enjoy my recipe!

(Thank you, Karla! We’ll enjoy those figs well into winter now!)

Orange Fig Jam

adapted from Drunken Fig Jam on Bon Appétit
makes about 3 half pint jars

Special equipment: glass jars for the jam

Ingredients

• 1 kg (about 4 1/2 cups) ripe, fresh figs (stems removed and cut into 1/2″ pieces) 
• zest from 1 fresh organic orange
• zest from 1 fresh organic lemon
• 2 cups (500 g) sugar
• 4 oz (120 ml) Grand Marnier
• a pinch of salt

Place the figs in a large pot.

Next, add the orange and lemon zest, sugar, Grand Marnier and pinch of salt into the same pot.

Stir and let stand at room temperature for one hour, stirring occasionally.

After an hour, put the pot on medium high heat and bring to a boil, stirring to dissolve the sugar.

Reduce heat to medium and continue to boil the orange fig jam for approximately half an hour. Stir and mash the figs with a potato masher, to crush the pieces. When it has boiled for half an hour, remove from heat.

Ladle the orange fig jam into rinsed, hot clean jars (rinsed with boiling water), leaving about 1/4″ space at the top, clean the rim and cover with hot lids (also rinsed with boiling water).

Finally, process in a water bath for 10 minutes, or keep refrigerated.

NOTE: when I make jam, I pour the boiling jam into old jam jars. Once the jam cools, the middle of the lids will almost always “pop” meaning the jars have sealed (the center of the jar will also become concave). If they do not “pop”, the jam will definitely spoil (and will be dangerous to ingest) if not refrigerated. I keep the unsealed jars in the fridge.

Cut some pretty fabric and cover the lids, tied with a little ribbon for beautiful gifts.

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Orange Fig Jam

Yield: 5 jars

Prep Time: 1 hour

Cook Time: 30 minutes

Total Time: 1 hour 30 minutes

Super easy fig jam flavored with a touch of orange makes a wonderful gift, if you're able to give it away!

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Ingredients

• 1 kg (about 4 1/2 cups) ripe, fresh figs (stems removed and cut into 1/2" pieces) 
• zest from 1 fresh organic orange
• zest from 1 fresh organic lemon
• 2 cups (500 g) sugar
• 4 oz (120 ml) Grand Marnier
• a pinch of salt

Instructions

1. Place the figs in a large pot the add the orange and lemon zest, sugar, Grand Marnier and pinch of salt. Stir and let stand at room temperature for one hour, stirring occasionally.
2. After an hour, put the pot on medium high heat and bring to a boil, stirring to dissolve the sugar.
3. Reduce heat to medium and continue to boil for approximately half an hour, stirring and mashing the figs with a potato masher, to crush the pieces. Remove from heat.
4. Ladle into rinsed, hot clean jars (rinsed with boiling water), leaving about 1/4″ space at the top, clean the rim and cover with hot lids (also rinsed with boiling water) immediately.
5. When cool, the lids will "POP" and become concave in the middle. If this does not happen, the seal is not good and you will have to store these jars in the fridge.

Notes

NOTE: when I make jam, I pour the boiling jam into old jam jars. Once the jam cools, the middle of the lids will almost always "pop" meaning the jars have sealed (the center of the jar will also become concave). If they do not "pop", the jam will definitely spoil (and will be dangerous to ingest) if not refrigerated. I keep the unsealed jars in the fridge.

Nutrition Information:

Yield: 50 Serving Size: 1 tbsp
Amount Per Serving:Calories: 48Total Fat: 0gCholesterol: 0mgSodium: 0mgCarbohydrates: 11gFiber: 0gSugar: 0gProtein: 0g

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