Bramble Jelly Recipe River Cottage

Bramble Jelly Recipe Cuisine Fiend

WebAug 21, 2017 · While the jelly cooks, wash two jam sized jars, kilner or lidded, in hot water. Place them in an oven heated up to 120C and …

1. Wash the brambles and put them in a heavy stock pot or jam pan with a little water – the residue from the washing will be enough. Bring them to the boil and simmer for about 20-25 minutes, until completely soft.
2. If you have a jelly bag, use it according to the instructions. Otherwise place a colander over a tall pot (you can use the same pot you cooked the brambles in, rinsed, while the brambles have been decanted to a bowl). Make sure there is enough clearance between the colander and the bottom of the pan, so the juice can drip freely. Additional scaffolding using a cake tin ring or something similar might be useful. Line the colander with a double layer of muslin.
3. Pour the brambles into the bag or muslin cloth and leave to drip overnight.
4. The next day squeeze the bag with fruit pulp to maximise the yield and decant the juice to a measuring jug. For every 1l of the juice use 750g jam sugar – my yield from over 1 kg brambles was 700ml – so I needed 525g of sugar. Pour the juice and the sugar into the pot again and bring to a gentle simmer. Let it cook for about 30-40 minutes until the temperature reaches 105C – or a blob dropped onto an ice cold plate sets to jam/jelly consistency. You don’t need to skim the fruit scum from the surface but I only bother because it is such a delicious, instant gratification.

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