Crab apple and herb or spice jelly

Patchwork_Quilt

I made crab apple jelly for the first time this year and it didn't look like jam at all when it got to setting point. Jam goes deeper in colour and becomes more viscous but the jelly looked like water. However, I do the spoon test - dip the wooden spoon in the boiling jelly/jam and let it drip. The last drip will turn into jam/jelly if it is at setting point and will not come off if you shake the spoon. The crab apple jelly seemed to take moments to come to setting point, which is another reason why I didn't believe it. However, in the jar, it took 24 hours to come to full firmness and it was still a little more watery than, say, blackberry jam.

I wonder if you had too much water in your pan to start with? I filled mine to just underneath the last layer of apples. The recipe was 3lb of crab apples, washed, and then 1lb sugar to each 1 pint of juice.

Good luck the second time around.

zippychick

iv e merged this with our crab apple jelly thread

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