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Order by 11th December for guaranteed delivery

We are experiencing very high levels of demand for our products at the moment for Christmas deliveries. Many lines are selling out and we are making more as fast as we possibly can to replace them. We normally aim to ship your orders within 3-5 working days and in most cases are able to meet this level of service. Sometimes, we may take a little longer to dispatch your preserves so please bear with us.

As well as this, both the Royal Mail and our courier service are under pressure with the volume of packages they are handling. This means deliveries will sometimes take longer than usual once they leave Jam Packed HQ.

As a result of this we cannot guarantee deliveries in time for Christmas for any orders placed after Friday 11th December 2020. We will still try our very best to deliver your orders on time after this date, but we can’t promise.

We will tell you when your order is completed. You will receive an automated email when your order is ready to post and it will be on its way within 24 hours of this message.

We would like to take this opportunity to thank each and every one of our customers for shopping with us and supporting this small business. We are very grateful and it means so much to us. All of us at Jam Packed HQ wish you all the very best and hope you will visit again in 2021. Watch this space for some exciting news in the new year…. Out with the old and in with the new!

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Preparation time: 2 1/2 hours Cooking time: approx 30 minutes Chicken Satay Serves 4

Recipe reproduced with kind permission of James @imhungrybytheway

Ingredients

Chicken Marinade

  • 1/2 can coconut milk
  • 2 tablespoons soy sauce
  • 2 heaped teaspoons curry powder
  • 1 teaspoon turmeric
  • 3 fat garlic cloves (crushed)
  • Thumb-sized piece of freshly grated ginger
  • 1 tablespoon brown sugar
  • 1 tablespoon fish sauce
  • Around 8-10 boneless and skinless chicken thighs diced into 1 inch cubes
  • 1/2 teaspoon chilli flakes
  • 1 tablespoon olive oil
  • Sea salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste

Satay Sauce

  • 3 tablespoons creamy peanut butter
  • 1 fat clove of garlic (crushed)
  • 1 tablespoon soy sauce
  • juice of 1 freshly squeezed lime
  • 2 teaspoons brown sugar
  • 2 teaspoons of your favourite Jam Packed chilli jam (in my case Naga chilli jam)
  • 1/2 thumb of freshly grated ginger
  • Olive oil to adjust consistency (optional)
  • 1 fresh chilli of your choice
  • Small amount of fresh coriander
  • 1 tablespoon of crushed peanuts

Method

First make the satay sauce:

Mix all the ingredients into a bowl and whisk together. Add extra lime juice and olive oil if needed to get it to the consistency you want. Top with fresh chilli, coriander and crushed peanuts. Set aside.

Secondly prepare the chicken and marinade:

Bone and skin your chicken thighs (you can buy them like this, or ask your butcher to prepare them, but it’s easy to do yourself). Cut into bite sized pieces for your skewers and set aside. Combine the rest of the ingredients in a bowl large enough to submerge the chicken and whisk together. Then add the diced chicken and leave it to marinate for at least 2 hours.

Cooking and Serving the chicken satay:

Once you’re ready to eat, pre-heat the grill or get the coals rocking on your BBQ ready for direct cooking. Drain the chicken from the marinade and discard the liquid before patting the chicken dry. Skewer the chicken, distributing it evenly around 4 skewers (I prefer metal, but if you use bamboo make sure they’re soaked in water overnight).

I prefer the BBQ, but cook your chicken over the direct heat, turning often until you get some charred and crispy edges. I like to use a thermal pen to be sure, but cook your chicken until it’s cooked thoroughly (75 degrees Celcius means it’s ready). Once cooked through, serve straight away with your satay sauce. 

Serve along side a fresh salad, rice, crushed peanuts and fresh coriander – enjoy! 

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We now offer click and collect from Jam Packed HQ
Photo by Henrik Dønnestad

Do you like being able to order your produce and then collect your goods at a time to suit you? Let’s face it, who doesn’t like click and collect? This service is offered by all major retailers that we know and love. We are now offering this service to our customers too!

New Click and Collect Service

To CLICK AND COLLECT from us, just order through the website as usual and use the coupon code COLLECT at the checkout. This will remove the delivery charge. You are then welcome to book a slot with us to come and collect your goodies!

We don’t keep our stock at Jam Packed HQ, so please give us at least 24 hours notice before you would like to click and collect. We will then prepare your order for collection from KT17 2LN and have it ready for you in time.

Do you normally purchase your products from our stall at an event? Use our click and collect service there too! Just tell us which event you would like to collect from when placing your order. We will contact you in advance if there are any issues and resolve them beforehand.

Are you shielding?

Are your shielding? If you are:

  • in the highly vulnerable to COVID-19 category and
  • are unable to collect yourself and
  • you live within 3 miles of Jam Packed HQ (KT17 2LN)

then we are also able to offer free local delivery to you. Just use the same coupon code – COLLECT – and choose the local delivery option instead. We will then work with you to find a mutually convenient time to deliver your goods.

So just let us know how we can help and we will do our best. Tell us what you think and how this works for you. We would love to hear your suggestions about how we can improve your online shopping experience with us. So do leave us a comment on this post to give us your feedback.

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Following a soft launch, with the addition of our new chutney to the website about a month ago, we are now ready to release this spicy mango chutney on the world. When we sell our products direct to customers at fairs and markets we are often asked “Do you have any mango chutney?” Until now the answer has had to be “No, sorry.” But not anymore! Even though we hadn’t launched this line officially, it has already become one of our best sellers in just the short time we have had this available – testament to the popularity of this preserve.

Mango chutney has been served as a side dish throughout South-Asia for millennia, although the exact origin is unclear. It was developed, as all preserves, to preserve the fruit as mangoes have a very short season. Recipes vary from family to family, but it has become a chutney that is now enjoyed the world over.

There’s mango chutney and there’s mango chutney. If you like something with a bit more of a kick to partner your curry, then this is the one for you. The addition of chillies and other spices means this chutney has a pleasant heat to it, while not overpowering the delicious mango flavour.

If, like us, you enjoy dipping a popadom or two into a pot of sweet mango then we hope you will buy, enjoy and tell us what you think. We look forward to receiving your reviews on the product listing on the website, on any of our social media channels, or anywhere else for that matter! We even have people who go “old school” and send us a letter. So whatever your preference, we’d love to hear from you.

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If you are new to home baking and want a foolproof and incredibly simple recipe to impress friends and family then this is for you – these oat and raspberry traybakes really are the most simple teatime treats to make!

Ingredients:

  • 125g unsalted butter
  • 225g plain flour
  • 130g porridge oats (rolled oats)
  • 110g light soft brown sugar
  • 2tbsp (30 mls) golden syrup
  • 1/2 tsp baking powder
  • 1 medium egg
  • 1/2 jar of Jam Packed Raspberry Jam (approx 170g)
  • sprinkling of caster sugar (optional)

Method:

Pre-heat the oven to 180°C (160°C fan) or gas mark 4

Grease a 9″ (23cm) square tin and line with baking parchment – make sure this overhangs the top edge of the tin so you can use this to help lift the finished product out of the tin.

Mix together all the dry ingredients (flour, oats, sugar, baking powder). Beat the egg and add to the dry ingredients, then mix all together.

Melt the butter with the golden syrup in a non-stick pan over a low heat and do not allow this to boil – alternatively you could melt the butter with the syrup in a microwave. Once melted, add the butter and warmed syrup to the rest of the ingredients in the bowl and mix to combine thoroughly.

Press 2/3 of the mixture into the bottom of the tin, using the back of a wooden spoon to press this right into the corners, until it is level and covers the whole of the base of the tin.

Layer on the raspberry jam, ensuring this covers the whole of the base.

Crumble the remaining mix on top of the jam.

Bake for approximately 20-25 minutes until the top is a golden brown colour. Allow to cool for approximately 15 minutes then score the top of the traybakes while still warm to make them easier to cut when cold. Allow the mix to cool fully in the tin before removing and placing on a board. Cut into 9 equal squares when cold along the score lines (you could cut these smaller if desired). Enjoy!

We have sprinkled caster sugar over the top of the ones used in the photo above. For a little extra luxury melt some white chocolate in a bowl over some hot water or in a microwave, then drizzle from a spoon over the top of the traybakes once cut into squares and separated slightly on the board.

If you are not going to eat all of these straight away (good luck with that!) store in an airtight container.

For an alternative serving suggestion and a make ahead dessert option, serve these with fresh raspberries and a scoop of vanilla ice cream.

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