the perils of homemade jam!!

I'm another jam maker!! This year we have no home grown peaches or apricots due to bad weather. The apricot tree was full of blossom then we got a late frost?! I love blackcurrant jam . Any spare send some my way!

Nona4ever, I love my homemade elderflower cordial. Love the idea of pink cordial!

Nelliemoser I have never seen wild damson trees around but we do have sloes, so am hoping that DS and DDIL will pick some and make sloe gin again this year!

Teetime I don't think I am anywhere near you but I would love to have a preserving pan - it's not worth it for the small amount that I make though.

granfromafar I have just made gooseberry jelly with all the gooseberries we couldn't be bothered to top and tail for the freezer, after giving away several containers full. I just cooked them with tops and tails then strained through muslin - 1 pint of juice to one pound of sugar and it sets quite well.
chicken I put some elderflower cordial in the gooseberry jam last year (reduce sugar accordingly though).

Bijou - yes we like that jam too, I don't know how they make it without sugar. It's quite expensive, though, for a small jar.

Granny23 blackcurrants make excellent jelly, just strain through muslin as described above. We prefer it to blackcurrant jam.
Too late for this year though, sorry - I hope you can find some happy recipients!

I remember pineapple jam

absent that sounds very frightening! I presume the recipe didn't make the book.

I can't make jam to save my life, even bought one of those jam makers which make a lot of mess but after reading the posts I think I will just have to try again, should be able to do it after all I am a member of the WI

teetime,I have an old jam-pan to dispose of as well.

I gave my jam pan to my nephew---He uses it to cook pasta . Don't make jam any more. If I have any fruit left over I freeze it.

Yes I know the feeling mmmmm.
I have just counted all the home made jam in the "jam cupboard" 56lbs. !! My DH has been diagnosed with high blood sugar so most of it will have to go to the WI sale, but it won't stop me makng it though. Current flavour is Tayberry- home grown and organic of course! Apart from this year's strawberry which I shall keep for scones.

Barmeyoldbat, if you have or can get hold of Delia Smith's 3-part Cookery Course, try her recipes for jam and marmalade. I am a terrible cook, but even I can make reasonable jam with her recipes.

Does gooseberry and raspberry work? I have both on the bushes and the raspberries are pathetic little things this year due to the drought.

chicken
Funny you say that about elderflower heads in muslin Hugh was making jam with gooseberrys and elderflower yesterday afternoon on the good food channel.

Anyone tried making jam in a slow cooker?

No, does it great hot enough?

Just an aside here. Where I live in Cheshire there appears to be a tradition of "the biggest Gooseberry competions"
There was a woman competitor near us who used to put a note on her front gate if she had any spare.
They were very big.

travelsafar

I just wanted to say thanks for starting this thread.

Although I do make jam, I had never thought of combining raspberries and gooseberries, and your post coincided with my having a glut of gooseberries and also finding a large bag of frozen raspberries in my freezer (just as this year's are starting to ripen!), so this jam was the obvious solution

DH is the jam-eater, but he isn't meant to eat seeds, so I just left the cooked fruits draining through my sieve yesterday while we went to help out with our gorgeous new granddaughter. I did the next stage later in the day, and now have several jars of delicious-looking raspberry and gooseberry jelly sitting on my work top just begging to be eaten

MamaCaz That is exactly what i did, strained out the seeds as there are many!!! I really hope you enjoy.

You are making me ashamed , I have never made jam in my life .

The elderflower jam sounds lovely.

cavewoman wrote
"Anyone tried making jam in a slow cooker?"
I think you can make it in a microwave, but in smaller amounts.

Anyone tried making jam in a slow cooker?
I wouldn't think that it would reach the required temperature, ie setting point.

I have made it in the microwave but refrigerated it afterwards.
Apparently you can make it in the breadmaker too but I've never tried it.

Yesterday's raspberry jam is very nice
I must resist the temptation now until next weekend ...
back to fruit and yogurt for breakfast.

mmmmm raspberry jam - Jalima - any chance of me coming to visit at the weekend?

DH has now given my first batch the thumbs-up, so I have been out and picked a whole load more gooseberries, and have the same weight of raspberries thawing. Just hope I have enough jars left over after this for the pickled courgettes that I am planning to do asap!

Fennel I will bake some scones and buy some clotted cream

however, they will have to be virtual scones as I am not renowned for my scone-making
I just found some raspberry jam, raspberry and loganberry jam and mixed berry jam in the cupboard from last year.
All jammed out.