No-Sugar Quick Easy Vegan Fruit Jam

No-Sugar Berry or Fruit Jam
Quick and easy
Prep:5 mins Cook:10 mins cool:2 hrs 35 mins

In general, if you’re trying to avoid fruits that contain
the most carbohydrates that will impact your blood
sugar, aim for berries of all kinds! *The content of
glucose in a fruit matters the most. Fructose in small
amounts (such as from a piece of fruit) does not impact
your blood sugar like sucrose (refined table sugar) does.

Fresh fruit, when in season, is naturally sweet. To
make jam, you don’t need to add sugar. This recipe
will work with all soft sweet fruits.

A little *agar-agar (a-GHAR’ / a-GHAR’) powder and
lemon will help the cooked fruit thicken to make a
spreadable fruit for toast, sandwiches, filings or topping
for cheesecake, blintzes, donuts, and desserts.

My first choice is strawberry
because it has intense flavor and has the least sugar
of all fruit. You can double or triple this recipe. It will
last up to 2 weeks in the refrigerator. Most sugar-free
jams have sweeteners added, leaving a strange aftertaste.

Ingredients
yields 10 servings

1 tablespoons lemon juice
1/4 teaspoon agar-agar powder
2 cups fresh raspberries

You can add sweetener (to taste), but
nothing like the cups of sugar you’ll see in
most jam recipes.

Instructions
Step 1
Combine lemon juice and agar-agar powder in a tiny bowl.
Set aside to thicken for 5 minutes.
Step 2
Heat raspberries in a saucepan over medium heat until raspberries
start to break up, 5 to 10 minutes. Use a masher to crush raspberries
into a smooth consistency, but do not liquefy. Turn off the heat.
Step 3
Stir thickened lemon-agar-agar paste into the saucepan with the
raspberries and mix well. Allow to cool to room temperature, about 30
minutes. Pour into an airtight container. Refrigerate until set, about 2 hours.
adapted from author By Buckwheat Queen
https://www.allrecipes.com/recipe/267550/no-sugar-raspberry-jam/

” *Fruit contains a combination of fructose, sucrose, and glucose.
Fructose in small amounts (such as from a piece of fruit) is well
processed by the liver and thus does not impact your blood sugar
like sucrose (refined table sugar) does. But the content of glucose
in a fruit matters the most.” (diabetesstrong.com/low-carb-fruits/)

This list includes the top fruit (and berry) choices that contain the
least carbs, making them the ideal options for people with diabetes.
You could eat half an entire honeydew melon in one sitting for only
about 34 grams

*Agar-Agar  powder is a plant-based
gelatin and is very nutritional. I use it to make vegan cheese.
I buy it online from Amazon, but if a health food store is
convenient to you, they most likely sell it. It may sound
expensive, but you only use a small bit for a recipe. I store it
in the fridge for 12 months or even more.(Other vegan or
kosher (animal-free) gelatin requires 4 times as much per recipe).

Also Consider
Tangerines/Clementines
Honeydew melon
Plums and Papayas