Easy Sugar-Free Mulberry Chia Jam
A quick refrigerator or freezer jam made with ripe mulberries, lemon and chia seeds. It has no added sugar when made with a sugar-free sweetener.
Servings: 24 tablespoons
Ingredients
- 4 cups fresh or frozen mulberries sorted, rinsed and drained
- 1/3 cup powdered Swerve or preferred sugar-free sweetener more or less to taste
- 1 tablespoon lemon juice
- 2 tablespoons whole chia seeds
Instructions
- Add the mulberries, lemon juice and sweetener to a medium saucepan.
- Bring to a gentle simmer over medium heat. Cook for 10 to 15 minutes, stirring often and mashing the berries as they soften.
- Remove the pan from the heat and stir in the chia seeds.
- Let the jam stand for 10 minutes. It will continue to thicken as it cools.
- Taste and adjust the lemon or sweetener if needed. Transfer to a clean jar, cool and refrigerate.
Notes
Storage: This is a refrigerator/freezer jam and is not safe for water-bath canning. Refrigerate for up to 1 week or freeze in a freezer-safe container for up to 3 months, leaving headspace for expansion.
Mulberries contain naturally occurring sugar even though this recipe has no added sugar.