yogurt is going in the instant pot, sourdough is going in the bread machine, dandelion jelly has been canned (hopefully they sealed) and i'm going to try boiling down the excess dandelion infusion and adding sugar to make a syrup
i'm saving making the strawberry rhubarb jam for tomorrow because. i'm already tired.
Well, (From my quick searches to what I can find that's similar online) the closest thing to it is jelly.
To give a quick rundown, you get fruit and sugar (Of equal quantity), and mash them together. (I use a potato masher) until you get a fruit pulp basically. Then boil it until it reaches a certain temp (Or until you can put a splash of it on a cooled plate and run your finger through it and it wrinkles) Then put it into sterilized jars and close and let it cool.
It's super tasty and really versatile, you can use just about anything for jam as it's a preservative. (Mixed berry jam for example just depends on what I've got in the garden that year. Strawberries, blackberries raspberries etc.) There are a ton of recipes online for some really good ones if you want to make your own, you dont need fancy stuff either which is great.
You got any specific questions? I'd be happy to speak more about it.
I saw lots of people saying it was super quick to make and that's not true at all...I've made jam and marmalade before and I'm sure the jelly took longer! just cause I had to separate all the flowers from the green part and it took forever to pick them all apart!
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The camera brought the red tones of the jars closer together, but irl you can see a noticeable difference. The jar on the left uses lemon juice for the acid component and some of the fruit was pureed, some chopped. The right jar uses pure, unsweetened cranberry juice for acid and all the fruit was crushed. Both are delicious!
The crushed-fruit-&-cranberry version, unsurprisingly, has a prettier ruby-red color. While ALL the info I have ever seen says Do Not Puree the fruit, I have done it multiple times and I really like the consistency. It is very spreadable. The version with the crushed fruit is technically prettier, with a chunky texture. Anyone experimenting with jam-making ought to try both versions to see which they prefer. The reason given for not pureeing fruit for jam is that the puree can have tiny air bubbles incorporated into it, which could throw your measurements off. I have not had that trouble, though; I just give my measuring cup a little shimmy-shake to settle the fruit and whatever volume difference occurs has not been enough to ruin my results.
Definitely using cranberry juice in the future, though, for that deeper red color!
(and I’m not going to go on ANOTHER rant about Pomona’s pectin, but it is my favorite by a large margin!!)
American Appetizer
DRAGON FRUIT JAM
INGREDIENTS
1 dragon fruit
2 tablespoons lemon juice
½ cup water
3½ tablespoons pectin
¾ cup sugar
SPECIAL UTENSILS
2 * ½ cup Mason jars. (They really must be hot and newly sterilized.)
Makes 1 cup. Takes 1 hour.
PREPARATION
Peel dragon fruit. Cut dragon fruit into ½” cubes. Add dragon fruit, lemon juice, and water to pot. Bring to boil using…
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