My Rowan jelly

[Tengu]

This was all from 1lb berries and 1lb crab apples...does it always work out so little?

its very nice but rather bitter

and how do you skim it? there was a lot of scum.

has to be jarred quicky, this, it gells very fast.

 

[locum76]

Thats about the return I get for similar jellies. i sell 12 ounce jars for about £3.50 as a result. its well worth it though, they taste wonderful. good with pork or even just spread on toast. you get a slightly better return with bramleys though.

 

[spiritofold]

Seems that you get around half the weight back of what you start with. We've found that making crabapple jelly. My missus always skims the scum off as its boiling away and getting up to temperature. Makes for a clearer jam or jelly.

Andy >>>>>-------------------------------<>

 

[spiritofold]

By the way, whats it taste like?

 

[Tengu]

Its very nice, exactly what you would expect. but so BITTER

Im going to try it on pate toast for brekfast

it was 2lb fruit to make 1/2lb jelly.

 

[Toddy]

I'd find that a bit too heavy on the berries, you only need one 'big' spray per half kilo of apples or so.

There's a way to reduce the skimming; if you add a teaspoonful of butter to the boiling strained juice and sugar mix it will stop the froth firming up and needing so much to be removed. Also, if you leave skimming until the froth kind of forms a ring at the edge of the rolling boil you won't be tempted to take off so much that otherwise would settle out to just juice.


cheers,
Toddy

 

[Tengu]

<shrugs>

my recipe book says half and half, plus a pound of sugar to every pint juice.

Also cloves and allspice but I didnt add that (maybe next time)

but less berries will make them go further...why must they grow up `so` high? The council round here have obligingly planted many trees (its not Rowan country) but most are out of reach

 

[spiritofold]

The foxes round here eat loads of rowan berries, see it in their poop at the allotments...
Well done with the rowan jelly though, its a result

 

[R Doull]

Ive tried Rowan Jelly for the second year now and this time I added a tsp of Vanila extract.. What a diffrence it makes.. it's almost edable now lol.. I didn't weigh the fruit but used a thin layer of berries on the bottom of the pan and half filled the rest of the pan with cooking apples.. after straining the juice I add 1g of sugar for 1ml of juice.. workes out not too bad.. I've also been told if I add a few mint leaves it takes the "edge" off.. (still to try that though)

didn't know about the butter though.. will have to try that next time also thanks

 

[AJB]

Picked the berries from the smallish tree in my front garden today, or at least as high as I could reach - 8lbs - what am I going to do with all that!

 

[Toddy]

Jelly, salsa type chutney for game, mincemeat, shove a spray or two into the freezer for Christms decorations The birds will have them when you're done.

cheers,
Toddy

 

[AJB]

Toddy, you always have the answer!

You don't know where my spare car keys are do you?

 

[Toddy]

Try the jacket hanging behind the blue one..........




M

 

[AJB]

Oh, now you're frightening me.

I think I'm going to make some Jelly with a couple of pints, just to see what it's like (I'm sure there's a recipe around here somewhere) and freeze the rest until I decide what to do.

 

[AJB]

Hey Tengu,

I made some for the first time this weekend, and it worked really well (sorry)...

I only used about 2lbs of the 8 I picked, but from those 2lbs I got about 1.5 pts of jelly, and it's so nice (sorry again).

 

[Tengu]

Its grand stuff, isnt it?

Im going to make some more, both for my own use and for people who are particularly in my favour.

 

[R Doull]

Hmm.. ok.. maybe I'm doing something wrong then.. is it an aquired taste?? nothing I've tried with it makes me think.. Mmmm I'll have some more. maybe it's just not for me.. lol

 

[AJB]

Well I don't know what it's suposed to taste like, as I've never tried any before, but I like mine and I bet it's great with game. Sweet and sour, fruity and, er, well I think it's good stuff