Blackberry Orange Jam

Blueberries and blackberries I tend to lump together, but fans of one will often tell me they have no time for the other. There are differences, and appropriate enhancements bring each into its own. Here Blackberry Orange Jam wants orange peel, Thai ginger, and haunting floral notes of cassia - the blossoms of the cinnamon tree. This rare herb I first encountered as part of an elaborate Chinese feast in San Francisco. The recipe called for pears poached with cassia blossom; I found the ingredient in Chinatown, then spent the next 20 years trying to find it again. Now, thanks to online shopping, I have! I call this jam semi-seedless; I've strained out two-thirds of them but left some whole fruit for texture. A fantastic new product and well worth trying...

Ingredients: Blackberries, cane sugar, orange juice and zest, pectin, galangal root syrup, cassia blossom
8 oz.