bramble jelly – Donich Website https://www.donich.co.uk Argyll wildlife and nature as seen on the banks of the Donich Water Sun, 17 Apr 2016 15:37:57 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.4 Spring into Autumn https://www.donich.co.uk/blog/2016/04/17/spring-into-autumn/ https://www.donich.co.uk/blog/2016/04/17/spring-into-autumn/#respond Sun, 17 Apr 2016 15:37:57 +0000 http://www.donich.co.uk/?p=5519 Last year I picked so many brambles that there was no realistic prospect of eating them all (even made into jelly they don’t really keep their flavour well for more than a few months). So following a tip from the River Cottage book of preserves, I juiced a load of them and then froze it (unsweetened).

The other day I defrosted it and made some jelly – the smell of autumn fruit in the kitchen was just lovely. I’m actually having a lot more luck making jelly since I switched to using jam sugar – it seems to give it that extra push towards a good set without needing to over boil it.

Anyway – it turned out very nice. I gave a jar to J and I will give some to my parents as well. The rest is for me as R claims not to like it.

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