I used to think making jam was a big deal.
Now it's something to be done on a Sunday night with a spare half hour!
Picked some of the last of the autumn raspberries on Saturday. They aren't as sweet as they were at the start of the season and they don't keep very long in the fridge. Making jam with them is a good way to preserve them and by adding a couple of apples to it makes it go a bit further (I also think that it helps with setting the jam as raspberries have low petin).
I just mixed equal quantities of fruit, weighed it, stewed it and then added just under the same amount of sugar before boiling to setting point.
This has to be one of my favorite jams, it just tastes so good!
Toying with the idea of selling my jam in the honest box - What is homemade jam worth and will people buy it?
I make our Bramble Jelly, and Lady Magnon makes all the rest. So, as we don't actually buy jam, I have no idea how much it would sell for. You could always leave an 'Honesty Box' and see what type of skinflints you have as neighbours!
ReplyDeleteI make all the jam and preserves in this house but we're the same we haven't bought jam in so long that I've no idea how much it costs! I'll do a bit of research on the weekly shop this week!
DeleteOh, I would buy it - always had raspberries growing up in England. Pity I am now too far away.
ReplyDeleteI don;t think it would survive the trip over to NZ, although I bet you could grw some raspberies over there and make some!
DeleteI also like adding a couple of apples because it stretches the raspberries but also because it reduces the pips per spoonful of jam and doesn't really alter the flavour.
ReplyDeleteI usually sell my jam at about £1.50. I don't sell much where we are but since it is normally homegrown or foraged fruit, it is really just the sugar and gas I am paying for and the little bit earned just subsidises the sugar for our own supplies of jam.
I think it tastes better with a bit of apple in it as well.
DeleteYeah all I wanted to do was cover costs of our own jam and preserves I doubt I'd sell much where we are but it might be worth a try. Is that £1.50 for a large or a small jar of jam?
I love homemade jam and yours sounds Yum! Hope you have luck with selling some, if I lived closer I would definitely buy a jar or two :)
ReplyDeleteIt would need to be a bit closer thats for sure! If I ever go to OZ again I'll bring you a jar!
DeleteWell done you! That jam looks gorgeous. We keep trying to grow raspberries here but with no luck. Will keep trying though.
ReplyDeleteIt looks lovely, adding a bit of apple to any jam is good for the pectin levels and the taste.
ReplyDeleteI sold all my excess at a Car Boot sale recently, I had way too much in my stores, I sold it for just £1 a jar (normal jam jar size) and obviously it flew off the stall. I think at the 'farm gate' it should sell for £1.50 - £2 easily. Make a little fancy cap for each jar with a circle of fabric (I used an old tea towel and cut out the circles with pinking shears) and hold in place with one of the posties elastic bands (I always save them), you'll find it attracts folk even more than a plain jar.
I know this is an old thread but do you use normal granulated sugar (because of the pectin in the apples) or do you buy the special jam sugar?
ReplyDeleteJust normal sugar, with so much apple it would be hard to get this not to set! I'm going to make some more of this next week I think as we're almost out of jam!
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