Jams, Jellies and Marmalades

[NeilMacleod]

JAM - Jam is always made from the whole or cut fruits, cooked to a pulp with sugar, producing a thick, fruity, spread.

Jelly - Jelly is made using only the juice of the fruit and sugar.

Marmalade - Marmalade is similar to jam but made only from bitter Seville oranges from Spain or Portugal.

Made some Orange Jam
Peeled 4 oranges and cut into small pieces, then blitzed 5 seedless oranges whole with a pinch of cloves, added dried Cayenne peppers with 270gr dates. Cooked for 5min then simmered low for a couple hours.
No sugar added, that was the point of the dates. Nice way to keep things.

 

[coloradoclyde]

Interesting..... :thumbsup:

What else you got?

What about chutney, conserve, curd, and fruit butter?

 

[coloradoclyde]

Marmalade is believed to have been created in 1561 by the physician to Mary, Queen of Scots. He crushed oranges and sugar as a remedy for her seasickness.

Or so the story goes....

 

[NeilMacleod]

Ive got chutneys too, been making them a long time, mango my fav, always trying to duplicate greys from England, but its not like it used to be 60-70's.

 

[Tallswife]

nice!! Excellent!

 

[Ames]

I'm partial to jam myself. Wild Blueberry/Lime combo. Cant keep it in the pantry.

 

[Kansas Jake]

I need to remember to try to find and pick some wild sand plums this summer. I made a bunch of jelly from them a number of years ago and need to do it again. They taste great with a sweet/tart flavor.

 

[gearheart]

Sand plums mmmmm We found some growing beside the parking lot at Little Big Horn Monument. Wish we had those up here in Canada.

 

[Kansas Jake]

You will just have to use some Saskatoon berries.

 

[coloradoclyde]

Anyone make dandelion jelly?

 

[Ames]

Nope. I do make a ton of hot pepper jelly. Wonder if they would pair as a blend.

 

[Hairy Clipper]

I don't know if they were sand plums or not but one of my deer hunting friends had a shack near Backus Minnesota where the soil is very sandy. On the north side of that old shack there was a plum bush, maybe 5½ feet high that was usually loaded with plums in the fall that made the most wonderful sweet/tart jam.

 

[Hairy Clipper]

I had an old gal on my paper route when I was in my teens that made dandelion wine and always offered me some when I came to collect.

 

[NeilMacleod]

I got some Dried Turkish Tomatoes yesterday, might make some spice jam with them, got some green grapes too for jam purpose, would add nice body to it.