Bog Roll ::

There are several methods of jamming plums. Today we started on the French method. It's a bit labour intensive with Damsons but it is supposed to make the best plum jam.

French Method

• Wash the fruit
• Remove the stones
• Mix the fruit in a container with an equal weight of sugar
• Leave fruit in the sugar for 12 hours to a day
• Tip the mixture into a jamming pan and bring to the boil
• Watch out prunes stick easily and can burn
• Continue to boil until you reach the jamming point ~15-20min
• Pot while hot into sterile jars

English Method

• Wash the fruit
• Put the fruit in a jamming pan with water
• Heat until simmering, remove the stones as they float to the top
• Add the sugar and bring back to the boil
• Watch out prunes stick easily and can burn
• Continue to boil until you reach the jamming point ~15-20min
• Pot while hot into sterile jars

Ratios as you want, but try fruit:sugar:water 1.5:2.25:1.

Hedgerow Jelly

• Wash the fruit*
• Put your fruit in a pan with some water, heat and mash up
• Filter fruit mush through a jelly bag slowly overnight
• Add sugar 1:1 with juices and bring to boil in a jam pan
• Continue to boil until you reach the jamming point ~15-20min
• Pot while hot into sterile jars

* You can mix with other fruits such as elderberry, raspberry, rose hips, apples, blackberry or rowanberries.

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