Where to find lingonberry jam

Lingonberries grow wild in Swedish forests, and in late summer the ground shines red from the small sour berries. Organic food production aims at sustaining farming practices that are better for people and planet. For information about the product including ingredients, allergens and nutritional values, please see the images of the product package. IKEA always strives to provide you correct information, but over time it is possible that ingredients and product labels may change for our food.

We therefore ask you to always check the product label on the package before use and not rely solely on the information provided on the website. Package details. Product size Product size Net weight: g. Reviews 63 Reviews 4. Yes very nice, great with Verified Buyer Yes very nice, great with meats and adding to other foods. Got addicted to it. Absolutely delicious!!!

Delicious Verified Buyer Delicious 5. Family love it with the Verified Buyer Family love it with the meal balls 5. Perfect Verified Buyer Perfect 5. Jam with a different taste.

Verified Buyer Nice jam but a little bit expensive. Great for using with any type of meatballs or different types of meat. Reviews 7 Read More Reviews. Most helpful positive review Josephine Roeper. Rating: 5 stars. Love lingonberry jam but had to substitute with cranberries. I haven't been able to find them around here.

Read More. Most helpful critical review staresm. Rating: 3 stars. I have made lingonberry we call them Partridge berries here jam by this recipe and it's pretty good. I prefer to slowly start the jam on a low heat with the frozen berries. When you do this there is no need to add water as enough juice will be released by the thawing berries to produce a slightly thicker jam.

To bump up the flavour and texture as well as extend your berries you can add up to an equal amount of peeled chopped apple which is excellent. An interesting aside is that lingonberries are the best plant food source of vitamin D! This berry is a staple in my neck of the woods. Reviews: Most Helpful. Josephine Roeper. I've never made this jam but it looks like the same kind they sell at IKEA - I eat it straight from the jar with nothing else Lingonberries being one of my favorite berries can recommend using them everywhere in place of cranberries - so tasty and healthy as they are very good for you!

This recipe is awsome i love making swedish recipes! Marcie Robinson. Small, deep ruby in color and tart, this fruit is the Scandinavian equivalent to North American cranberries in terms of both taste and use.

They also come from the same family of plants. The berries grow abundantly on low-lying evergreen bushes in acidic soul throughout Scandinavian and northern North American forests New England, the upper Midwest, Pacific Northwest, and Canada. These berries show up most often in jams and condiments, but if you should find them for sale somewhere, fresh or frozen the latter is more accessible consider yourself very lucky.

This fruit is mostly wild harvested, and not cultivated for mass consumption as a fresh fruit. Consequently, the price typically reflects this reality—they're not cheap. But the effort is worth it. Their bright red color is appealing, but don't let that fool you: Lingonberries taste sour with a bit of sweetness and might not be something you'd enjoy eating raw. These red berries are smaller, juicier, and bear a softer flesh than their distant cousin the cranberry—another fruit that's not commonly eaten raw.

They're also small and sour like red currants, which have a similar interior. Much like cranberries, lingonberries do well as condiments that need sugar to be palatable, and that's when their variety of uses comes into play. When transformed into a jam or syrup, lingonberries pair well with wild game, red meat, fish, and a wide range of desserts and cocktails. Their ruby color, fall harvest time, and kinship to cranberries make them a great addition to your holiday table in lieu of cranberries.

And if you can't find them, you can use cranberries in a lingonberry recipe. Similarly, they can be swapped for red currants , too, which are a tad sweeter than lingonberries. It's nearly impossible to find fresh lingonberries unless you buy them from an online purveyor or pick them yourself, but you'd have to be lucky enough to live where they're grown.

They are traditionally harvested in September, and U. Look for fruits that are vibrantly red, with no signs of spoilage or softness. If you're looking for lingonberries or lingonberry jam in the United States and you don't live near an Ikea, try a European food or gourmet market.