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Elderberry lemon marmalade

Elderberry lemon marmalade

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A Serbian blackberry jam, cooked for one hour with sugar and a squeeze of lemon, then strained: a thick, fragrant syrup with a deep violet color.

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Recipe from Bokini, adapted by Recette de cuisine · · updated on

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In Serbia, people prepare homemade jam for the winter. This intensely flavored blueberry jam is perfect for cakes, vanilla ice cream, yogurt, or cheesecake, and the pulp left over after straining can be used to make a thick jam for desserts.

Ingredients and directions

  • Prep time20 min
  • Cook time1 hr
  • Total1 hr 20 min
  • DifficultyEasy
  • CostBudget
  • Cooking methodsaucepan
  • Estimated cost$26.35 $1.76 / serving Estimated price; varies by store. Converted from euros at the ECB rate of October 15, 2026.
  • Gluten-free
  • Vegetarian
  • Vegan

Ingredients

15 people
  • $25.53
  • $0.39
  • $0.43

Prices from US supermarkets for 1 of 3 ingredients; Belgian prices for the rest.

Directions

  1. Mix the berries with the sugar, using approximately one part of sugar for every three parts of berries. ≈ 4 min
  2. Cook for 1 hour over low heat, stirring constantly. The juice will separate from the berries immediately; some people filter it at this point, but it’s not necessary.
  3. After half an hour of cooking, add the lemon juice. ≈ 3 min
  4. At the end of the cooking process, strain the mixture through a sieve: this will yield a thick, syrupy jam, and the pulp remaining in the sieve can be used to make a thick, concentrated jam, perfect for cakes. ≈ 3 min
  5. Immediately pour into clean jars and seal them. ≈ 3 min

The bill

Elderberry lemon marmalade

  • 1.5 kg of blackcurrants, thoroughly washed and pitted$25.53
  • 500 g of sugar$0.39
  • Half a lemon’s worth of juice$0.43

Total$26.35

that's $1.76 per person

Estimated price; varies by store.

Equipment

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Before you start

Ingredients

  • 1.5 kg of blackcurrants, thoroughly washed and pitted
  • 500 g of sugar
  • Half a lemon’s worth of juice

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