white currant jam

Your email address will not be published. However I decided I would, it doesn’t take long and I think it makes straining them easier. Your email address will not be published. Will certainly make again. You should end up with about 1 litre of fruit pulp. But boy is it sweet! Whip the mascarpone, cream and vanilla essence with … Earlier in the week I told you about my poor gooseberry crop. Simmer the white currants and water until the fruit begins to collapse. While a few sprigs of whitecurrants look pretty on a pavlova or cake, having such a good crop would have meant baking a lot of cakes. The fruits, when ripe are not really white but a very pale peachy colour and jams or jellies made from them will have a warm pink colour. Jacqueline is a member of the Guild of Food Writers and has been a cookery writer and food stylist for over 25 years. Straining an acidic fruit through a metal sieve can result in the fruit reacting with the metal and giving the fruit pulp a very  unpleasant metallic taste. Add half a teaspoon of butter and stir into the jam to clear the froth. I brought all that to the boil for a few minutes and then put in small jars (smaller than last time). I followed the suggestions of others and reduced the sugar by half. Oh Im so pleased you enjoyed making it. wash the fruit and strip the berries from the stem. Thoughts? It is made from currants, sugar and water (the syrup used to be honey.) Music: First Day of … Required fields are marked *. while I agree it is a sweet jam I was a little surprised that you said they had little flavour while not as tangy as red or blackcurrant jam I still felt there was plenty of flavour in this jam. Only one bush – and this was the first time there were enough berries to be worth picking – used this recipe – only got one small jar – it is delicious, Have got more redcurrants so am going to do the same with them. Good to hear. Hi Dany, Glad you found the recipe easy. Bring the fruit to a full, rolling boil, then add the pectin/honey mixture. The bush on my allotment was planted because white currants look so pretty. On testing it works well so I suggest you do the same. Whitecurrants have a lot of seeds and if you use them whole , the resulting jam would be very seedy and I don’t think very nice. Bring to a rolling boil and cook for about 10 minutes. Redcurrants will work a treat in this recipe too less faff than making jelly but lots of lovely flavour. The water was reduced to 350mls and sugar was reduced to 500gms. . I might now do the same with the other half of the initial batch. Many thanks. Components: White currant – 1 kg; Sugar – 1 kg. I might try this recipe again next year using only about 300 g of sugar to a kilogram of fruit and see how that goes. Last year it was only the white currant that produced enough fruit to do anything with. Followed this recipe but only had 750g of fruit so reduced to same amount of sugar. I’m sure that cannot be true and next year I will have to try some other ideas, but I have never had whitecurrant jam before so really fancied giving it a go. After removing all the stalks, I left all the skins and seeds in the jam as they are good source of roughage and antioxidants. So glad you managed to adapt it to suit your tastes. Mine is delicious. Heat gently and cook until the berries are very tender about 10 to 15 minutes. I considered making jelly (similar to redcurrant jelly but sweeter) but that would  mean carefully straining the juice to get a clear unclouded jelly and a lower yield,  I like my recipes easy! Patch any holes or breaks with spare pastry. Not so keen on jelly as mainly eat soft set jam for breakfast (& often lunch) ladled over Greek yogurt. Also it has very little flavour so just before it set I infused lavender flowers in it which imparted a delicate lavender taste to the jelly which improved it. Sweeter than red currants, they are hardly ever offered for sale in shops, so growing my own seemed to be the best option to get these exquisite looking berries. Good luck for next year I assume you grow your own. … Unlike the artichokes, the currants were not harvested. Pursito Homemade Delicious Real Red Currant Jelly Spread for Bread, Cheese, Snacking and Recipes 9 ounces Pure Vegan Natural No High Fructose Corn Syrup Pack of 2. Sorry to hear you found it too sweet. White currant jam Created by hexy235 If you have white currants in your garden and enjoy a rich harvest, you will once again benefit from this fine recipe for white currant jam. Farmersgirl Kitchen | All Rights Reserved | Privacy Policy. Thank you. Pour into sterilised jars, cover and seal immediately. You can use this method to make redcurrant or blackcurrant  jam. See below. Add the butter to the pan and stir to disperse any froth. Immediately you need to prepare the berries, gently wash and trim the stalk. I added some pink gooseberries and had to boil for a little longer but lovely fruity flavour!!! I knew I could use them up this way. Place a small amount of jam on the chilled saucer and allow to cool for a minute or two. I would like to ty this jam. Glad you liked it. Super Easy Strawberry and Redcurrant Jam. Gently push with your finger tip. Whitecurrants are transluscent pinkish-white berries that are similar in taste to redcurrants but slightly sweeter. Copyright © 2020 Recipes Made Easy on the Foodie Pro Theme. For this reason I would suggest that you keep it in the fridge and consume as quickly as possible. Fill the canner and jars … Dear Jacqueline, I decided to try your recipe this year and tweaked it a little. It has taken a couple of years for them to settle in but all my current bushes did well this year. Just like red currants, white currants too are usually self-pollinating but can cross-pollinate with another white variety or a red variety. Use the dropdown above to be notified of followup comments via e-mail. I put half the jam I had made into a saucepan and added about 250/300g of fruit (softened in a tiny bit if water) + 1 small cooked Bramley apple (picked from my own tree in early august, so not ripe and probably still quite sour). Roll out the pastry to a thickness of about 4mm. https://thebusybaker.ca/best-ever-black-currant-jam-no-pectin Method: Filling and topping. Repeat until setting point is reached, I would love to know how you got on – Tag me on Instagram or Twitter. Since red currants are very tart, I knew more sugar was needed than I usually add to my jam … So thank you. Omce opened, I will keep it in the fridge, but i only made two small jars, so I’m not expecting it to last long! Meanwhile, bring a stockpot of water to a boil over high heat. The currants remain intact in the jam, with a syrup around them, suspended in the jelly. Big success! Bring to a simmer and cook gently for about 20 minutes, stirring occasionally, until the berries break … Place the black currants and the water in a medium-sized, heavy bottom pan over medium high heat and cook until the berries and liquid are steaming. Then pour into clean, sterilised jam jars and seal. Turned out great and I look forward to making it again! I will be keeping my jar in the fridge and telling the other 2 lucky recipients of the remaining jars to do likewise!! For syrup – sugar (1 cup). She has written over 15 cookery books, in addition to writing for several major magazines. Can't imagine anyone getting their embroidery scissors out and cutting slits in each currant! We use cookies to track your use of our website and to improve your experience of using this site. Hopefully i will have enough next year to make it again and I shall try adding some apple to it at the making stage and will then update it as a tip for those who like a less sweet jam. I made this jam much like I do most of my jam recipes. The berries are a good source … It is a great way of enjoying a bumper crop of white currants (or red currants & blackcurrants). Strawberries, strawberries everywhere just now and gorgeous redcurrants too. In particular, white currants are the classic ingredient in the highly regarded Bar-le-duc or Lorraine jelly although preparations made of red currants can also be found. This strawberry and redcurrant jam brings both of these gorgeous red goodies together in a jam … If the surface crinkles then setting point is reached. I used about half of the harvest to make this jelly. Simmer the white currants and water until the fruit begins to collapse. Really pleased you like this recipe. Since your corner grocery likely doesn’t carry red currant jam, you can buy it online for $10 a jar or get our your jam … White currants also come in categories like ‘White Dutch’ featuring sweet, succulent berries and ‘White Imperial’ producing a large quantity of small berries with much low tart. Mindful of spoilage concerns I also processed the small jars for 5 minutes in a boiling water bath. Some of the jelly made is white currant jelly, some is red currant jelly. White-currants are a close relation to redcurrants – [both are Ribes rubrum]. Kavey’s Apple Lemon Verbena Jelly – Kavey Eats, Rochelle’s Grape Jelly – It’s Not Easy Being Greedy, Plum Jelly: Sunshine in a Jar – Kavey Eats, 6 Secrets of the Best Crockpot Beef Stew & Dumplings, The ‘flake’ test where it drips off your spoon. Its great having a white currant bush isn’t it, apart from anything else they are such a pretty berry. 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