Confiture de Lait (Milk Jam) with Vanilla
Prep Time
5 mins
Cook Time
3 hrs
Total Time
3 hrs 5 mins
Deliciously easy recipe from Monsieur Jean-Pierre Setti from the market in Apt, although I’ve lowered the sugar quantity slightly.
Course:
Condiments, Side Dish, teatime
Cuisine:
French
Servings: 2 jam jars
Calories: 446 kcal
Ingredients
- 1 litre whole milk full-fat
- 450 g sugar
- 1 vanilla pod/bean
Instructions
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Put the milk and the sugar in a thick-based large pan. Cut the vanilla pod or bean right down the middle from top to bottom and add it to the milk.
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Heat until boiling then reduce the heat to low and leave to simmer away for 2h30 to 3 hours. Every so often, stir well with a long wooden spoon. It’s normal that nothing much happens in the first couple of hours, then you’ll see that it does thicken quite quickly towards the end.
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Take out the vanilla pod and as soon as the jam becomes caramel-like and coats the back of a spoon nicely, take off the heat and pour into a couple of clean jam jars.
Recipe Notes
The confiture de lait will harden as it cools. Store in the fridge.
NUTRITIONAL INFORMATION: 446 Calories per half a jar
Jill Colonna