Making Jam in a Microwave

stilernin

I've had a quick 'race' through this thread and wonder how big the cooking bowl needs to be. I'd hate to lose any of the contents by it frothing over the top.

...... sorry if I've missed this somewhere above.

Neetie

I toohave had a glut of plums this year. The plums are small and dark and very difficult to stone. My method is as follows.Place plums in a large glass bowl in the microwave and microwave on high for about 10 minutes..Leave to cool then take the stones out. Now weigh the plums, add an equal amout of common or garden granulated sugar( Tesco has 2Kg bags for £1.22) I usually do about 11/2 lbs at a time.Put the bowl back in microwave warm for about 5 minutes add the sugar stir well and continue on high for about 5-6 minutes. The mixture will become translucent..test for setting after a few batches you will be able to gauge it.Pour into sterile jars (boil jars in large saucepan boiling water for about 10 min) Cover with circle of waxed paper(the bags inside cereal boxes are just the job) then put lid on.No pectin is required for plums. I am just finishing off last year's jam and have made 21 jars so far in the past couple of weeks..have run out of jars and freezer space and would welcome instructions on bottling.

Confuzzled

has anyone made cherry jam or do you know a decent recipe please? we have a wild cherry tree that we got loads of fruit from last year and this year i'd like to make some of it into jam as well as fruit leathers and cordial so any recipes would be much appreciated, microwave or stovetop

countrymusicfan

The links do not work except for the gooseberry curd. Would love to try making diabetic jam in the microwave. Any ideas?

shegirl

Allexie wrote: »

Hiya squeaks

I know just what you mean about the wrinkle effect...I've got a cupboard full of raspberry toffee! I even bought a sugar thermometer but that doesn't seem to help much I just can't seem to get it right.....

I made raspberry toffee the first time I made jam too,unfortuately it also had a spoon sticking up from it:o:rotfl:

Much better at it now though lol

Never heard of doing it in the microwave,would like to try but I can see myself just making more toffee