Marrow and Ginger Jam

After a couple of days of non-allotment  jobs, I went up there yesterday, and low and behold there were 6 giant courgettes that had not been there at the weekend.  So, what is a girl to do but make jam.

I found a decent looking recipe on the BBC good food website which I tweaked a little.

1.5kg of marrow/cougette/little round yellow courgettes
1.5kg sugar
a big old glug of  apple pectin
4 lemons, juice and zest.
a thumb length of fresh ginger, chopped, bashed, bruised and shredded

Pop it all (except sugar) into a pan to cook, when cooked at sugar, boil for a good long time (approx 25min) and then put in sterilised jars.

My mum said that she had this jam that her mother made when she was young with the marrows from their allotment.  It is supposed to taste a bit like gingery, lemony marmalade.  It is got to be better than any more ratatouille.  Note to self, next year plant less courgettes!!!!

Eeeek

Such a bad blogger.  It has been ages and ages.  In short, we are inundated with vegetables and I cannot  eat the lettuce fast enough.

Todays jobs: lettuce and pea soup and pickled beetroot, possibly some blackberry and apple jam if I get on with it.

I vow to make a more determined effort on blog posts!!!  I am just too busy weeding at the moment!!!!!