Spanish tomato jam and Anna Lesko’s fruit jam recipes

A traditional Spanish tomato jam combines ripe tomatoes, sugar, lemon juice and optional cinnamon or vanilla. The recipe calls for slow simmering for 45‑75 minutes, careful stirring and sterilised jars for preservation.

Moldovan‑Romanian singer Anna Lesko shared her own jam preparations on Instagram, noting that this year’s fruit were watery and required about three hours of gentle cooking. She detailed ratios such as 5 kg of cherries to 2 kg of sugar, and described her method for cherry and apricot jams, including the use of lemon slices and sterilised jars.

Both pieces provide step‑by‑step instructions for creating sweet‑tart preserves at home, emphasizing low heat, proper sterilisation and the sensory checks needed to achieve the right consistency.