Dragonfruit Jam - cooking recipe

Ingredients

6 dragon fruit
2 lemons
2 cups white sugar

Preparation

Halve dragon fruit.
Scoop out flesh into a deep pot.
Mash well with potato masher.
Add the juice of two lemons and the fine zest of one.
Bring this mixture to a boil, stirring occasionally.
Simmer, uncovered, stirring, for 30 minutes or so to get a thick puree.
Bring to a hot, rolling boil.
Add sugar.
Continue to boil hard, stirring, until desired gel is reached. Dragon fruit does not so much gel as form a thick, gluey slime.
Add pectin if desired to obtain a firmer gel.
The jam can be canned. Process prepared 6 to 8 oz jars for 10 minutes.