How do you make jam?

Answer 1

Super Quick Strawberry Jam

Ingredients

1kg Strawberries (hulled and rinsed)

1kg Chelsea Jam Setting Sugar

A Knob of Butter (10g)

1. Crush strawberries coarsely with a potato masher or blender.
2. Place strawberries and sugar in a large, heavy based 6 litre pot.
3. Heat mixture over a low heat until sugar is dissolved. Do not allow to boil.
4. Add a knob of butter then increase heat and bring to a full boil (a boil that cannot be stirred down).
5. Boil for 4 minutes only. Remove from heat, skim off any foam, test for set and bottle in pre-sterilised jars

Super Simple Apple and Raspberry Jam

Ingredients

500g Raspberries (hulled and rinsed)

500g Apples, peeled and cored

1kg Chelsea Jam Setting Sugar

A Knob of Butter (10g)

1. Cut the apple into small pieces and place in a food processor. Process lightly until a paste forms.
2. Place the raspberries in the food processor and pulse to gently break up.
3. Place the combined apple and raspberry mixture and Chelsea Jam Setting Sugar in a large, heavy based 6 litre pot.
4. Heat the mixture over a low heat until the sugar is dissolved. Do not allow to boil.
5. Add a knob of butter, increase the heat and bring to a full boil (a boil that cannot be stirred down).
6. Boil for 4 minutes only. Remove from the heat, skim off any foam, test for set and bottle immediately.

Makes approximately 4-5 medium sized jars.

Speedy Apricot Jam

Ingredients

1kg Apricots, rinsed and dried, with stones removed

1 kg Chelsea Jam Setting Sugar

A Knob of Butter (10g)

1. Crush the apricots with a potato masher or blender.
2. Place the crushed apricots in a 6 litre heavy-based saucepan.
3. Add the Chelsea Jam Setting Sugar. Heat gently, stirring continuously until the sugar dissolves.
4. Add a knob of butter. Still stirring, increase the heat and bring to a full boil (a boil that cannot be stirred down).
5. Boil for 4 minutes only. Remove from the heat, skim off any foam, test for set and bottle immediately.

Makes approximately 4-5 medium sized jars.

Easy Orange Jam

Ingredients

2kg Oranges

2 cups water

1kg Chelsea Jam Setting Sugar

A Knob of Butter (10g)

1. Peel oranges with a potato peeler ensuring as little pith as possible is taken with the peel and slice the peel very finely into 2cm lengths.
2. Squeeze oranges and reserve juice (without seeds).
3. Roughly chop remains of the squeezed oranges and put into muslin bag. Place the muslin bag and peel in saucepan with 2 cups of water. Boil until peel is soft (approx 15 mins). Top up the water if the mixture begins to boil dry.
4. Drain mixture through colander and reserve liquid and peel. Squeeze excess liquid from muslin bag and discard solids in bag.
5. Place reserved Orange Juice, peel and one cup (250mL) of drained water from orange remains (from muslin bag) in large, heavy based 6 litre pot.
6. Add sugar over low heat, stir until dissolved. Do not allow to boil at this stage.
7. Add knob of butter, increase heat and bring to full boil (a boil that cannot be stirred down).
8. To test for a set: Remove the pot from the heat, put a small amount of jam on a chilled plate or saucer and allow to cool. Gently drag a finger from the outside of sample towards the centre, if the surface wrinkles, the setting point has been reached. If this does not happen, return to boil and retest at 2 minute intervals.
9. Remove from heat and skim off any foam. Then stir to distribute peel and bottle in pre-sterilised jars immediately.

Answer 2

The two main methods of creating jam are:

-The traditional method of canning

-Freezer jam

To make freezer jam (which I love):

-fresh fruit

-sugar (lots of it)

-pectin

-warm water to dissolve pectin

You will need about 5 cups of sugar to 3 cups of fruit. I believe you use one package of pectin to the included ingredients. The pectin package should have directions on it.

You can find pectin in most grocery stores. It is usually located with the cans used for canning.

Answer 3

in a jam jar

Answer 4

A container