Black Currant Jam Recipe
Ingredients:
- 4 lbs (1.8 kg) black currants
- 2 pints (1.15 litres) water
- 6 lbs (2.7 kg) sugar
Method:
- Remove the stalks and wash the fruit.
- Put into a pan with the water, bring to the boil and simmer gently until the fruit is soft.
- Test for pectin.
- Add the sugar and stir until it has dissolved.
- Bring to the boil and boil rapidly for about 5 minutes until the jam sets when tested.
- Remove the scum.
- Pot and seal at once.
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Comments on Black Currant Jam Recipe »
Clive Pritchard @ 5:16 pm
How do you test for pectin?
John @ 11:09 pm
See the advice section mentioned above in the recipe for how to test for pectin