Melon and ginger jam

When I first prepared this jam and shared it with friends, the responses were: "Melon with ginger? Yuck". I know it sounds like a strange combination but rest assured, it is a refreshing taste and an excellent, easy-to-make jam.
Take a melon, remove the skin as well as the inner pips and then dice up into large cubes, add to a glass bowl and cover in sugar (sugar to net weight of the melon is about the same) and leave for a while (even overnight). Bring to the boil and add about 50 to 100g of grated ginger (this ingredient is to everyone's personal taste as the ginger can be very overpowering). Lastly, add the juice of one lemon and continue to boil for about an hour.
Add the still warm jam to sterilized jars and seal immediately.
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