kinsk Posted October 8, 2014 Share Posted October 8, 2014 Made some crab apple jelly at the weekend. Boiled up the apples for 45 mins, strained overnight, added 500g to each 500g of juice, boiled up again ( pan boiled over, cleaned up sticky swamp ) pan back on heat, let it reach 'jam' temp on my thermometer, poured into jars and once cooled it hasn't set properly. If I put it back in a pan and boiled for a bit longer could it be saved? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valkyrie Posted October 8, 2014 Share Posted October 8, 2014 Sometimes the thermometers can get underenthusiastic with atmospheric conditions. Just found this: http://www.cottagesmallholder.com/forum/jam-chutney-preserves/will-remelting-jam-ruin-it/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kinsk Posted October 8, 2014 Author Share Posted October 8, 2014 Will give it a go. Funnily enough it was that blog that I got the crab apple jelly recipe from it's always worked in the past. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valkyrie Posted October 9, 2014 Share Posted October 9, 2014 What a coincidence! Good luck! Maybe the apples were lacking in something because of the weird winter weather and a dryer summer? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted October 26, 2014 Share Posted October 26, 2014 There's a lot of pectin in crabbies, so it should have set easily. Adding a little lemon juice will make it set and won't affect the taste. My crab apple tree had hardly any fruit this year - it seemed to have some sort of blight Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kinsk Posted October 26, 2014 Author Share Posted October 26, 2014 My crab apple tree had hardly any fruit this year - it seemed to have some sort of blight I had the same last year. I thought the same about the pectin was was quite surprised it didn't set. Am reboiling it as we speak so fingers crossed. I'd forgotten about lemon juice, I have a feeling last time I made it I put some in as it was a bit too sweet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
