Ingredients
The following ingredients have 20 Servings
- 1 lt blackberries
- 1 dsp lemon juice
- sugar (see instructions. 75% of juice weight. )
Instruction
- Wash and drain the fruit if needed and in a good sized saucepan, gently simmer the fruit for about 10 – 15 minutes until soft. If you didn't wash the fruit, add one tablespoon of water.
- Strain through a jelly bag or muslin lined sieve for at least 1 hour, and preferably overnight
- Weigh the juice. Transfer to a saucepan and add 75% of this weight in sugar. Place a jam jar in the oven, set to 100°C/220°F/Gas Mark 1
- Gently heat to dissolve the sugar, then rapidly boil to setting point 105°C. Test for setting with one of the techniques listed above.
- When setting point has been reached, take off the heat and allow to cool for a few minutes.
- Fill the hot jam jar using a jam funnel. Screw on the lids: take care, as everything is hot. Allow to cool.
