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Elderberry Jam made with foraged Elderberries

8/28/2014

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Elderberry Jam - August brings us ripe blackberries & elderberries.

Elderberry Jam

A straight forward and very satisfying recipe.

Preparation Time: 20 minutes - wash and pick over the fruit.

Cooking Time: Takes 30 minutes to make

Ingredients:

500 gm of elderberries

50 ml water

500 gm jam sugar

Method:

Remove the elderberries from the flower heads. This is easiest done with a fork.

Wash the fruit thoroughly and put into a saucepan.

Add enough water to cover the base of the pan and cook the fruit until it begins to split.

Add the sugar and boil until a rolling boil develops.

Cool a plate in the fridge and then after 5 minutes of the rolling boil, put a small amount of the jam on the plate and push gently with a fingernail. If a crust is present the jam is ready. If not, repeat the process every few minutes until the jam is ready.

Using a cup as a ladle pour the jam into sterilised bottles and put the lid on.

Tips

Jam sugar has added pectin, which guarantees a good set.

The blue black jam should be eaten within a week of opening.

You will need a few jam jars with tight-fitting lids so start collecting glass jars rather than recycling them.

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