EcoWorrier In LU1

[EcoWorrier]

Hi

I'm interested in living a low impact life with a permaculture ethos.

My main interest is the natural larder which at this time of year is overflowing with glorious bounty!

I'm just about to make Rowan Jelly and found this site looking for a recipe of the same.

EW.

[Farplace]

Welcome to the forum! Hope you like it here :

[artdemole]

HI and Welcome.Hope you got some berries before the birds took them.

[turkeyneck]

Hello and welcome to WAB

[Deb London]

Hi EcoWorrier,

Welcome to WAB

Deb

[moozy]

Hi EcoWorrier, Welcome to WAB Its a great time of the year for foraging and making preserves, Ive had a bounty too and have lots of jars of jam and plenty booze for the new year Hic.

Good morning Deb London

[brendaward]

Rowanberry jelly

You will need:

4lb rowanberries
1 pint of water
Sugar
Lemons


Simmer the berries with the water.

When soft strain through a jelly bag. Measure liquid. Put into preserve pan (not copper)

To each pint of juice add 12 oz of sugar (for a sharp jelly) or 1 lb of sugar for a sweeter jelly.

Add the juice of one large or two small lemons. stir in and mix well until the sugar has disolved and bring to the boil.

Boil rapidly until setting point is reached (do not remove scum until setting point is reached.)

Remove scum and bottle as for jam.


Hope this works for you, found it in a very old Marguerite Patten book.

[EcoWorrier]

Thanks all for the warm welcome - I have made the jelly now using 2.5kg Rowan berries, 2.5kg apples and 3l water, I filtered it using my wine filter bag and got a really clear liquid that I added 750g sugar / 1000ml and then boiled to set.

I used baby food jars to bottle and have experimented adding a spoonful of dried mint to a number of these to see what it's like.

I'll try and work out how to uploadf pics of the results to the site and do that later.

I love Marguerite Patten and have a copy of my great grand mothers cook book by her, complete with notes and additional recipes. The dog tried to eat it about 10 years ago but I still have it in a box file for reference!

I'm planning to Bottle Blackberry and Apple today!

EW

[EcoWorrier]

The finished article...



Cheers

Matt

[brendaward]

Make some pickles and pack with jams and preserves to make personal gifts for family. Baby size jars look great in a basket with a few small cones. Have been using half pint tankards and wine glasses for jams and semi solids, from recycling secondhand shops. (well done on the jelly, it is hard to get it crystal clear.)