Black-Currant Jam
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United Kingdom
Known as a British recipe, with similar versions prepared across other nations.
- Preserving. Old preserving methods may not make food safe to keep. Use current tested guidance.
Ingredients 3 ingredients
Cook safely
Keep children and pets away from the hob and the oven, and keep oven gloves and a lid within reach.
- Boiling water and steam. Turn pan handles inward, away from the edge of the hob. Lift lids away from you, and pour hot water away from your body: steam burns too.
Method
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- Take equal quantities of good picked fruit and loaf sugar, and boil the fruit first with two tablespoonfuls of water to each pound of fruit ;
- keep it skimmed till quite clear and bright, and boil for twenty minutes, then add the sugar, and stir it occasionally to keep it from burning ;
- continue the boiling and skimming for twenty-five minutes to half an hour, then put into dry clean jars, and cover over when cold with foolscap paper steeped in brandy, and tie down with brown paper or bladder, and store away in a cool, dry place.
Plating
Cookware for this recipe
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Saucepan
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Wooden spoon