Spicy Fig Orange Microwave Jam

Total Time: 55 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 25 mins

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 cups diced fresh figs (6-10 figs, depending on the size of the figs)
• 1/2 cup orange, seeded peeled diced
• 1 1/2 cups sugar (reduce if you want, though it won't set as well)
• 1 1/2 teaspoons orange peel, grated
• 3 tablespoons lemon juice
• 1/4 teaspoon ground ginger
• 1/4 teaspoon ground cloves
• 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1/2 teaspoon butter
• 2 (8 ounce) canning jars

Recipe

• 1 place the ingredients in a large ceramic or glass bowl or casserole (a 2-quart pyrex measuring cup works great), stir to combine, let sit for 30 minutes for the fruit to macerate in the sugar.
• 2 place in microwave.
• 3 you will cook the fruit mixture on the high setting for approximately 15 minutes.
• 4 as soon as the mixture starts to boil, after about 6 to 8 minutes, stop the cooking and stir.
• 5 continue cooking and stir every few minutes. at about 13 minutes the mixture should start to get viscous.
• 6 if you spoon out a bit on to a small plate that has been in the freezer, you can push the mixture around a bit with your finger tip to see how thick it is.
• 7 if it is runny, cook it a couple minutes more.
• 8 you can also check by seeing how the jam runs off of a spoon. if it seems to firm up a bit as it drips, it's done.
• 9 if you use a large pyrex measuring cup, you can see that you start with close to 3 cups of liquid. you want to boil it down to 2 cups.