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Hawthorn Berry Jelly - Made With Foraged Hawthorn Berries

9/1/2014

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Hawthorn Berry Jelly - made with foraged hawthorn berries.

It's the time of year (late August to September) when the Damsons, sloes, blackberries, crab apples, rosehips and elderberries all become ready to pick

Between us we picked a bowl full of Hawthorns.

Here is how to make the Hawthorn Berry Jelly:

1/ Cover the hawthorn berries in water. Add water to the saucepan until it reaches the top of the berries in the pan.

2/ simmer them in the pan for about hour. Mushing them up occasionally with a potato masher.

3/ Drain the hawthorn berry mush into a bowl through several sheets of muslin, for several hour or even overnight. Do not squeeze or the jelly will be cloudy.

4/ Measure the liquid/ juice that you manage to obtain and then add 7 parts sugar to 10 parts juice.

5/A the juice of a lemon.

6/ Place the lot in a pan and then bring it up to a rolling boil.

7/ Boil for around 20-30 minutes, removing the scum that forms at the top regularly. If you don't remove the scum, the jelly will be cloudy.

8/ After about 15-20 minutes. Dip a spoon in and then place the spoon in a cool place. If the liquid sets on the spoon, it is ready.

9/Pour the liquid into a clean sterilised jar and place it in the fridge to set.

10/Try on toast instead of jam, it's delicious.

You can strain the pulp through a fine sieve, if you don't mind the Jelly being cloudy. It makes the process quicker.

Ingredients:

A bowl of Hawthorns

A Lemon (juiced)

Sugar

Water


I followed my method for Crab Apple Jelly. Please have a look at this post, if you want more detail.

Enjoy!

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The Hawthorns are ready to pick in late August this year.
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It's the time of year (late August to September) when the Damsens, sloes, blackberries, crab apples, rosehips and elderberries all become ready to pick.
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A bowl full of foraged hawthorns.
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A saucepan full of foraged hawthorns ready to boil. They look stunning.
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Boil the hawthorns - mushing occasionally with a potato masher.
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The hawthorn berry juice after the boiled pulp has been drained overnight through several sheets of muslin.
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Now add 7 parts sugar to 10 parts juice, the juice of a lemon and boil.
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Occasionally removing the scum that forms on the top, will make the jelly clear.
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Tearing the liquid. Here it is starting to set on the spoon and is ready.
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The finished product - Hawthorn Berry Jelly.
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The Rosehips are also ready to pick. I need to decide what to do with these?
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