Great idea, Christine, I do that - only not in ice-cube trays - usually in a box or even a jamjar - and the addition of apple pectin really helps the set in my marmalade. (I make peel marmalade.)
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Well I came across this and thought it worth bringing back. Certainly for me. I have some small apples picked from our orchard so will be making pectin with it. How much of home made pectin is needed when making jams and marmalade?
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Marmalade needed and then it will be apple and blackberry.
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Good question Aly - I don't really know, I guess it depends on how much (or rather, little) pectin is in whatever fruit you're using.
I made pectin the other day, using half a dozen small unripe apples off our tree.....I roughly chopped them and threw the lot into a pan, covered with water and simmered for about 3/4 hour. I then strained the juice through my jelly bag, put it back in the pan and boiled hard to reduce and concentrate it a bit. It made 2 small tubs of concentrated juice, I'd guess about 2 tablespoons in each pot, which I've frozen. I'm intending to use one of the tubs when I make strawberry jam this coming week.....the amount of strawberries I have frozen will probably make around 4 pots of jam, I'm guessing. It's all about experimenting, really.
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Good point Sue. Runny jam is never wasted here as it goes to flavor the plain yogurt I make.
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A lot depends on your fruit/peel, Aly, but an option is to cook the peel in water until soft (by then probably not a lot of water left as I cook mine for a couple of hours) and then add sufficient pectin to make the marmalade with a good ratio of peel to liquid.
It isn't an exact science, but having cooked marmalade before, I'm sure you'll get it right!
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