Today, rather later than expected, I completed this year's batch of
rhubarb (Rheum rhabarbarum) and ginger (Zingiber officinale)
jam.
The rhubarb crop was much delayed this year, we had a very hot and dry
spring where the rhubarb didn't grow at all. The summer has been cool and
damp so the rhubarb has grown well at long last - three months later
than last year!
We got 2.7 kg of prepared stalks, to which I added 2.7 kg of sugar,
the juice of three lemons and 300 g of chopped crystallised ginger. The
yield was a whisker under 12x370 g jars. I've promised a few jars
to friends in the village, but even so I should have plenty to
keep me going until next spring.
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