Name: Pineapple-Mango-Hot Pepper Jam – Recipe
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 25 min
Ingredients: 1 cup finely chopped mango; 1 cup finely chopped pineapple; 2/3 to 1 cup chopped hot peppers (I used a mixture of yellow cayennes and aji habanero peppers); 2/3 cup water; Juice from 1 small lemon; 3 tablespoon low-sugar pectin; 1 cup sugar

Make your own sweet (but not TOO sweet) spreadable hot pepper jam at home with this recipe that incorporates tropical pineapple and mango for just the right flavor. This is one of my favorite jam recipes. It is low sugar.

If you’ve never made your own jam at home, I encourage you to start. If you have a pepper garden like me that is exploding around this time of year, homemade jellies and jams are great ways to use up some of that harvest.

A good pepper jam uses only the freshest peppers, and a yield of 4 cups of hot pepper jam uses about 1 cup of finely chopped hot peppers.

That’s a lot of peppers!

This year I grew a HUGE variety of chili peppers, including a range of peppers from sweet to superhot. I have a number of peppers classified in the HOT range, though you are free to use any variety of hot pepper you’d like for this recipe.

Truly, if you feel you’d like to include a couple scorpion peppers, maybe a reaper or 2, go for it. The resulting hot pepper jam won’t turn out as hot as you might think.

Sure, you’ll get a good heat level, depending on what peppers you’re starting with, but the sugars help temper the pepper heat a bit, as well as the sweetness of the fruits.

For this recipe, I chose a mixture of very bright yellow cayenne peppers and aji habanero peppers. The colors are fantastically vibrant, such a vivid, stark yellow.

I paired them with mango and pineapple partially because I knew the colors would match so perfectly, but because I love the tates of smooth mango and chunky pineapple, particularly when they’re partying together.

They give the jam a good amount of substance, exploding with flavor in each spoonful.

I love to have a good hot pepper jam in the fridge for any number of recipes. They’re good for a quick spread on toast for a morning bite, as a glaze starter for fish or chicken, as a finisher for grilled meats, even spooned over ice cream for a dessert change up.

The recipe also scales nicely, so measure and adapt accordingly. This particular recipe makes 4 cups or so.

Low Sugar Pepper Jam

Most pepper jam recipes call for 4-6 cups of sugar, but this recipe only calls for 1 cup. You can reduce that to 1/2 cup if you’d like even less sugar.

Give jams away as gifts to your friends and neighbors. They’ll love you for it!

I hope you enjoy them!

Check out our Chili Pepper Jelly and Jam Recipes for more ideas. Don’t let those peppers go to waste! And hey, just keep some of this jam around. You’ll be glad you did.

Try Some of My Other Popular Jelly and Jam Recipes

If you enjoy this recipe, I hope you’ll leave a comment with some STARS. Also, please share it on social media. Don’t forget to tag us at #ChiliPepperMadness. I’ll be sure to share! Thanks! — Mike H.

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