Batch #1
Ingredients
1 kg red currants
1 kg sugar
Brought fruit and sugar to a boil, simmered for 20 minutes until temperature was 211F and jam passed the icebox test.
Yield
5.5 pints
Comments
Too much sugar?
Batch #2
Ingredients
500 g red currants
250 g blackberries
250 g raspberries
500 g sugar
1/2 small lemon, juiced
Brought fruit and sugar to a boil, simmered for 15 minutes. Passed through the coarsest food mill disk. Simmered another 5 minutes until jam passed the icebox test. Temperature was not up to 211F.
Yield
3.5 pints
Comments
Batch #3
Ingredients
800 g red currants
200 g raspberries
500 g sugar
1/2 small lemon, juiced
Brought fruit and sugar to a boil, simmered for 25 minutes.
Yield
3.5 pints
Comments