Huntsman's Jam

"This is a nice Autumn Jam, which my sister told me about. She strains it to make a jelly but I'm not afraid of pips. It is only the third jam I have ever made, the first being only Blackberries and Elderberries and the second was this recipe but made with plums. I suppose the lemon is not really necessary, but I like it If you do not like it, you are very strange Roy"
 
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Ready In:
1hr 5mins
Ingredients:
6
Yields:
5 jars
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ingredients

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directions

  • Wash all your fruit, especially berries picked from the garden or hedgerow.
  • Carefully, using a fork,strip the Elderberries from the stalk into a bowl to prevent them from going everywhere.
  • Zest and juice the lemon.
  • Core and peel and slice the apples.
  • Put the berries, zest ands juice in a good pan and crush them together to break the berries.
  • Stir in the sugar and fling in the sliced apples.
  • Bring slowly to the boil and continue at boiling as slowly as possible stirring fom time to time.
  • Skim the froth off as the jam boils until you reach setting point and then take from the heat.
  • Boil some water and sterilise your jars with it and mind your fingers.
  • Carefully pour or ladle your jam into the jars seal, label and then have a nice cup of tea with some of your jam on toast or scones as is to your liking.

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Reviews

  1. This is an excellent jam it has a very good balance of flavours. A brilliant way of using up the hedgerow pickings. a very fruity flavour not overly sweet, highly recommended.
     
  2. Being a bit of a Luddite when it comes to preserves, I absolutely love jam/jellies made without commercial pectin - you use a lot less sugar and you really taste the fruit! This is an excellent recipe, and I would never even consider it without the lemon, 2 reasons: the lemon provides the acid necessary to "set" the jam, and also, it adds a nice "zing" to the taste. (elderberries I find to be a bit bland. ) Kudos!!
     
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