Made this two years running, great recipe, great jam. Thank you.

@gardenerscottageblakeney1316

Ай бұрын

Great to hear!

Thanks for this tip ive mad a nice jam

@gardenerscottageblakeney1316

3 жыл бұрын

Glad I could help thank you for letting us know

looking awesome 🙏🙏

@gardenerscottageblakeney1316

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks

Wow looks yummy!!

@gardenerscottageblakeney1316

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks

Hi from Northern Norway. I love to make blackcurrant jam & tea-& juce & blackcurrant pie 😍

@gardenerscottageblakeney1316

Жыл бұрын

Sounds great! love a blackcurrant pie my grandmother used to make them

One of my favorite. Thanks

@gardenerscottageblakeney1316

2 жыл бұрын

Mine too!

Very good video learned a lot

@gardenerscottageblakeney1316

2 жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

Followed this recipe and.turned out amazing 👏 I did top and tail the blackcurrants with those little brown bits but tastes amazing 👏

@gardenerscottageblakeney1316

Жыл бұрын

So glad yours turned out well . We love blackcurrant jam

Excellent tips

@gardenerscottageblakeney1316

3 жыл бұрын

Glad you think so! thank you for watching

I just picked a bunch of black currents from my garden. I'm going to use this recipe to make tarts.

@gardenerscottageblakeney1316

3 жыл бұрын

Love that I hope they turned out well.

@Pahjx

3 жыл бұрын

@@gardenerscottageblakeney1316 Update, they turned out well. I brought them to a dinner party and the people who tried them loved them.

Made a real meal of that

@gardenerscottageblakeney1316

17 күн бұрын

Thank you for the feedback

I made this and it turned out perfect. I think I was a bit Jammy

@gardenerscottageblakeney1316

11 ай бұрын

Thank you so much for letting us know. Glad you enjoyed the jam recipe

Gonna make that tomorrow😊

@gardenerscottageblakeney1316

Жыл бұрын

Hope it goes well

I just tried this with three cups of black currants I collected in my garden! It turnes out great, but I should have stopped at the second test. Its okay though, its my first time ever making jam! Better luck next summer 😂 its delicious though

@gardenerscottageblakeney1316

Жыл бұрын

its one of our favourites it is great on a vanilla cheesecake

I found your nice easy recipe. I have just harvested a load of black currents, I'm wondering Is it possible to strain the seeds out. As my teeth are a bit brittle.

@gardenerscottageblakeney1316

16 күн бұрын

I’m sure you may be able to with the right sieve. You may be better with a blackcurrant jelly as there are a lot of seeds in the jam

I've just made 10 jars from freeze dried berries.I reconstituted the berries overnight.took me 1¹/² hours!

@gardenerscottageblakeney1316

5 ай бұрын

That’s very impressive hope it’s as delicious . Great idea to freeze the blackberries as we always find the blackberry jam is the one we eat first ours has all gone now

What temperature should oven be set to for sterilizing jars? And how to work out how many (volume) jars ?

@gardenerscottageblakeney1316

16 күн бұрын

Depends on what your jam jars are made of . We sterilise the glass jars in the oven at over 100 degrees centigrade and we sterilise the lids which have a plastic seal by putting them in a large dish & pouring boiling water over them

Amazing just sugar & small butter only? why butter I am getting so curious?

@gardenerscottageblakeney1316

5 ай бұрын

The butter reduces the foaming and scum that would otherwise occur on the top of the jam when it is being cooked . It also means you can use a standard granulated sugar . I think it works by lowering the surface tension on the bubble

Overboiled the fruits - vitamins took an exit. 🍓🔥

@gardenerscottageblakeney1316

6 ай бұрын

Thank you for the feedback

@pheart2381

6 ай бұрын

I checked into this because I just made some jam. Apparently the nutrients leach into the cooking liquid,but as the cooking liquid is part of the jam they are not lost. Vitamin c can change structure but that doesn't all disappear either. I think it would be impossible to enjoy this fruit in large quantities straight off the bush,and this is one way of preserving rather than losing to spoilage.

@shepopop

29 күн бұрын

When making jam , a high temperature must be reached . Overwise it will mould

Excellent video, so simple! Is there a reason why you heat the blackberries before adding sugar? I noticed on your Tayberry jam video that you mixed in the sugar at the beginning.

@gardenerscottageblakeney1316

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you David glad you enjoyed it I will ask Mike , kind regards, Kate

@JM.5387

2 жыл бұрын

You can do either, but once you combine sugar + pectin + acid, the gelling process begins, and it's possible to over-gel your black currant jam and make it unpleasantly stiff. Black currants naturally contain a lot of pectin and acid. Cooking first without added sugar gives the berries more time to release their juice before you add the sugar.

My mother used to make black currant jam and it has always been my favourite jam. I like the tangy flavour. I also like the pattern on the plate, that you used to test the set. Do you know if the plate is old and what the pattern in called?

@gardenerscottageblakeney1316

Жыл бұрын

Thank you Mary I will find out for you

@maryoleary2037

Жыл бұрын

@@gardenerscottageblakeney1316 Much appreciated.

Really good explanation. I made raspberry jam last night. Next on list is blackcurrant - I guess as it’s so acidic no lemon juice is required in this ? Just 2 ingredients the fruit and sugar.

@gardenerscottageblakeney1316

2 ай бұрын

Glad you found it helpful . Lemon juice is not required in our experience for Blackberry jam . Ours always sets beautifully

Hi! Am I right in assuming you added no additional water. I ask because I just followed a recipe that for 2ib of fruit It told me to add a significant amour of water . Took 45 minutes to attain setting point using the wrinked surface test.

@gardenerscottageblakeney1316

Жыл бұрын

Hi, no water at all, you only have to boil it off and if you stir well for the first few minutes you don't need it

@caff55

Жыл бұрын

@@gardenerscottageblakeney1316 Thanks for the tip!

Looks delicious! What’s the shelf life unopened?

@gardenerscottageblakeney1316

2 жыл бұрын

It keeps reasonably well if you keep it in fridge. Its so delicious it does not last long in our house

And putting date and time on the jars, is it better to eat later or it's really like an expiry date?

@gardenerscottageblakeney1316

Жыл бұрын

We always try to do this otherwise its difficult to know when it was made although in our house the blackcurrant jam always gets eaten very fast

Do you need to sterilise the device you used to pour the jam into the jars with?

@gardenerscottageblakeney1316

Жыл бұрын

No, by potting the jam hot into the jars and then sealing with hot air you get a sterilised jam and lid with a good seal. Using this method I have found you don't need to sterlise the jars lids of implements in the traditional way and the jam keeps perfectly for 12 months, but it never lasts this long!

@H2oAllergicShark

Жыл бұрын

@@gardenerscottageblakeney1316 Ah so the heat from the jam essentially sterilises as it goes into the jar. Thanks for the reply, have a good day! :)

Dont all the suggar destroy the health bennefits on the blackcurrant ?

@gardenerscottageblakeney1316

4 жыл бұрын

Not the mental health benefits ?

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@gardenerscottageblakeney1316

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks will check out your channel

Can you make it sugar free?

@gardenerscottageblakeney1316

Жыл бұрын

Not sure how good it would taste or if it would set properley. You would need to add an artificial sweetener as the blackcurrants are very tart and I think this may spoil the taste of the jam.

Do you have to have so much sugar, can you get away with less?

@JM.5387

2 жыл бұрын

Black currants are very sour and astringent.

@gardenerscottageblakeney1316

2 жыл бұрын

no they are very sharp and would not taste good with less sugar. you could experiment to your taste

@gardenerscottageblakeney1316

2 жыл бұрын

this is very true

I thought you were supposed to add some water when making blackcurrant jam.

@gardenerscottageblakeney1316

Жыл бұрын

i think there are lots of different blackcurrant jam recipes this is ours and its works every year

What about the seeds.....?

@gardenerscottageblakeney1316

3 жыл бұрын

Honestly, they have never bothered me, love them. You must be a jelly fan, but it's all too much work when they are not a personal issue.