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My Wok Life Cooking Blog - Easy Homemade Blueberry Chia Seed Jam -

Easy Homemade Blueberry Chia Seed Jam

Posted on February 20, 2017December 28, 2022 by PatriCa BB 雪冰
My Wok Life Cooking Blog - Easy Homemade Blueberry Chia Seed Jam -
Deliciously fresh fruity jammy made absolutely from scratch, in a natural way.

“Authentic and guaranteed freshness. This awesome homemade blueberry jam will definitely blow you away!”

Yes, this is. This is the easiest way to make your own fruit jam. Nothing fanciful, instead. Just for the freshness and goodness here. You might wonder why sugar if it’s healthier homemade jam. Low pectin fruits like blueberries, need it. Yes, you could either add the store bought commercial pectin from baking supplies stores, or add sugar, to preserve the jam in a more natural way. I choose the later, but all, I used towards healthier version of sugar which is the black sugar.

Chia seeds, another goodness which not only helps to thicken the jam naturally (chia seeds would swell in liquid substances), it provides healthy elements such as plant base omega 3, omega 6, dietary fiber, protein, calcium, and more. The thing is, chia seeds will never affect the taste of the blueberry jam in any way. It’s tasteless. Yes, it’s indeed a superfood!

Homemade natural blueberry jam will not be cakey in its texture, too. The skin of the berries will also be eaten without much noticing, plus some interesting bites and texture of the jam in the palate, pleasantly, of course. :)

Yields 250ml
Ingredients
500g of fresh blueberries (about 4 punnet of 125g each)
200g of black sugar (黑糖)
1 tablespoon of caster sugar
1 tablespoon of fresh lemon juice
2 tablespoons of chia seeds

Method
(1) Soak blueberries for 15 minutes, drain well and pat dry. Place all amount into a pot, and add caster sugar, coat well. Bring pot to cook on stove over medium-low fire.

(2) Mash the blueberries with a masher while simmering. When the fruits start sizzling, add black sugar, continue to simmer.

(3) Blueberries will start releasing juices and turn watery in pot. Let it simmer until the juice reduces and thickens, for about 5 – 8 minutes. Stir occasionally.

(4) Add lemon juice and stir well to combine. Let it further thicken till consistency turn viscous. Stir in chia seed. Heat off. Store jam in a sterilized glass container with lid tightened. Turn the container up side down to cool.

(5) It’s ok if the consistency still too watery for jam paste as it will thicken to jam-like paste when chia seeds swell up and the jam cools down completely. Store in refrigerator.

My Wok Life Cooking Blog - Easy Homemade Blueberry Chia Seed Jam -This homemade jam lasts for about 5 days only, before it starts releasing water. If you are not eating it often, make small portion instead. Half the amount of ingredients of my recipe. :)

A tablespoon of my blueberry chia seed jam counts about 15kcal.

Note: How to sterilize glass container? Wash the glass container with soap as per usual. Rinse thoroughly and dry with clean cloth. Put glass container into preheated oven at 160deg Celsius for about 15 minutes. Remember to remove any rubbery and plastic parts on the glass container before heating it in the hot oven. Glass has to be oven-proof/ heat proof, too.

Tips: My version of blueberry jam wasn’t as sweet as the commercial ones. Adjust the sweetness to your liking. For sweeter taste, increase caster sugar to 2 tablespoons instead.
* Chia seeds are available in major supermarkets and organic stores as well as online purchases.
* Black sugar is not really brown sugar in Asia. Black sugar is popular among countries like Taiwan, Japan and Singapore. In any case, if black sugar is not available. Brown sugar or simply use the white sugar will be fine.
* Glass bottles and containers widely available at IKEA and baking supplies stores.

Tags: FruitsGood to knowJam
Category: Low-FatNotes & Ingredients ValueRecipeSauce & CondimentsSidesSweet SavouryTips & InfoVegetables & Fruits

2 thoughts on “Easy Homemade Blueberry Chia Seed Jam”

  1. Dave T says:
    February 6, 2018 at 11:54 am

    Love your site here Patrica. I’ve shared your Luncheon Meat recipe to my Facebook page and hopefully people will take a look at your site. I will be a follower from now on.

    Reply
    1. PatriCa BB 雪冰 says:
      February 7, 2018 at 7:58 am

      Thank you, Dave. For your kind words. Thanks for joining me.

      Reply

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