Jam??

[Nick93]

Hi, just got back from a walk in the woods with a small bag of sloes. Im planing to make jam with them and some apples from the tree in our garden. Last time I made jam it didnt set fully so I was wondering if you can add gelatin to make it set??
Thanks, Nick

 

[Marttiini Girl]

try adding a few crab apples in the mix, the high pectin content in them should do the trick

 

[Nagual]

Did you use jam sugar? It's different stuff from normal sugar, in that it has added pectin?

 

[Nick93]

No I just use ordinary sugar.

 

[BunnyMazonas]

Ordinary sugar isn't enough. Jams only set if the fruit used in htme has enough pectin, and I'm pretty sure most eating apples these days don't have enough. You can get adde3d-pectin sugar, and also pectin as an additive in a bottle as well, if you can't find the right fruits.

 

[lannyman8]

or you can boil the jam down a bit more to reduce the water content so it is thicker, i do this from time to time with no ill effect.......

 

[Tengu]

can you turn sloes into jam?

 

[jonnie drake]

lemon also is high in pectin. You can buy pectin on it's own too.

 

[lannyman8]

yep, i would mix some other fruit in with them as they are quite sour.

try blueberry and sloe that would be different and bet it would taste awesome......mmmmmmmm

 

[Trojan]

HI

Can we have some feedback/pics on the Sloe Jam please!

I got lots of sloes around me and not sure about making jam with them!

Thanks!

 

[Nick93]

I made the jam and its very nice. I used 400g of sloes and 500g of cooking apples, I cooked this with a little water and then pushed the reddy purple sludge through a sieve. I put this back on the heat and added about 450g of sugar. When this had dissolved I took it off the heat and added the gelatin. This didn't really set the jam but it did turn it a bright pink colour! This makes about 2 1/2 jars of jam. Its very nice and has a nice sloe taste. I had it on toast this morning Its worth making.

 

[Nick93]

 

[Trojan]

Wow!

What a great colour!

Thanks