Super Quick Chia Seed Jam
Today we're making chia seed jam using almost any fruit! This jam takes roughly 15 minutes to make from start to finish, and the best part is, you get to control the sweetener you use and the amount!
Ingredients
- 2 ½ cups chopped fresh raspberry strawberry etc. (frozen works too)
- 1 tablespoon lemon juice freshly squeezed
- 1 -2 tablespoons sugar or honey, maple syrup, coconut sugar, etc,
- 4-5 teaspoons chia seeds or more to taste
Instructions
- CHOP: chop the fruit into small pieces.
- COOK: place the fruit in a saucepan and cook over medium heat until the fruit breaks down and starts becoming syrupy, this will take close to 8-10 minutes. Using a potato masher, the back of a heavy spoon, or a heatproof muddler, mash the fruit down to your liking. Stir in the chia seeds and sweeten with the desired sweetener and allow it to cook for 1 more minute. Remove from heat, stir in the lemon juice and taste, adjust with additional sweetener as desired.
- STORE: allow the jam to cool to room temperature, the jam will thicken quite a bit once it starts to cool. Use as desired in yogurt parfaits, on toast, etc. Leftover jam can be kept for about a week in the refrigerator but you can also freeze it for a few months! I’m not at all familiar with canning, so I can’t say with certainty if this would be good for canning.
