Feijoas are odd little green fruits that I had never heard of until I met a person with a feijoa tree. You can see what they look like here.
Those people that knew about feijoas seemed to rave about feijoa jam, especially Kiwis. I was curious to try it, and I got my chance when I walked past my local fruit shop and they had feijoas out the front. I bought some with feijoa jam on my mind.
Finding a recipe for feijoa jam was easy enough - I used this one and scaled it down for the number of feijoas that I had. I was a bit lost as to what to expect from a feijoa when peeling it - the skin is quite hard and it is difficult to see where the skin ends and the fruit begins. I have subsequently learned from reading other sites that to get at the feijoa flesh, it is better to cut them in half and scoop out the flesh with a spoon.
I was really pleased with how this jam turned out - it set perfectly:
Feijoa jam tastes like lemon travel sweets. I do like it, and it is quite different to what I imagined. I tried it spread on a pikelet - very tasty.
If you do run across some feijoas, I recommend giving this jam a go - I think you will be pleasantly surprised.
8 comments:
How wonderful to make your own jam! Glad it turned out tasty.
What an unusual looking fruit, your jam looks delicious, love the color.
Ooh lemon travel sweets! I love that description and I love lemon travel sweets so this would be fantastic! :D
I like feijoas, but don't think I've tried feijoa jam before - how delicious!
feijoas are a bit of a mystery to me - good to know what to do with them if I am confronted
Jam that tastes like lemon travel sweets - I am very intrigued! I've never come across feijoas so this sounds interesting.
We do have feijoas here in Tasmania, and I have eaten them but they always smell, to me, faintly of scented soap. The jam looks delicious. I have only ever eaten them as a fruit.
Anything that tastes like lemons is a hit with me straight off. It was fun to learn about the feijoas as I had no idea what they were...thanks for the link to actually see them outside and insides! The jam looks marvelous. What a treat!
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