[mjpalin]

Hi All - hope someone can help?

Made some Strawberry jam last weekend 2.5kgs Strawbs, 2.5kg Jam Sugar, but it's just not set! (I did the wrinkle test and thought i'd just got it to that point, but I guess not)!

After a week of trying i've finally tracked down some pectin sachets (24g each)... any idea how many i might need to add when I re-boil the jam tomorrow?

TIA

[Spana]

There are others here who are more clued up on jam making then me, but while you wait for them, did you use any lemons?

 I  could never get strawberry jam to set, now I use the sugar with pectin in it. You only have to boil for 4 minutes so it stays a nice bright colour and fresh flavour. Sorry I know nothing about pectin sachets so no help to you. But at least you know someones read your post.

[mjpalin]

There are others here who are more clued up on jam making then me, but while you wait for them, did you use any lemons?

 I  could never get strawberry jam to set, now I use the sugar with pectin in it. You only have to boil for 4 minutes so it stays a nice bright colour and fresh flavour. Sorry I know nothing about pectin sachets so no help to you. But at least you know someones read your post.

Thanks Spana - the jam sugar has the pectin in it... think I may have boiled too long ..... decided to boil for longer as the batch I made a few weeks ago was only just set... so i thought boiling for longer would make it set more... and yes added a good few squeezes of lemon juice to aide the process (or so I thought)

[Spana]

I wonder if you're using too much fruit. With a 1kg of jam sugar with pectin I think you need only 800g of fruit. So with 2.5kg sugar, 2kg fruit.

[mjpalin]

I wonder if you're using too much fruit. With a 1kg of jam sugar with pectin I think you need only 800g of fruit. So with 2.5kg sugar, 2kg fruit.

Quite possibly... unfortunately only had 2 new bags of jam sugar and half a bag left over from the last batch, and being a Sunday evening the supermarkets had all shut :-( The Strawbs were also very over ripe (which is why they were so cheap) so I don't think that would have helped!

[3 allotments]

Hi theres this recipe one of val harrison's works very well,when i make it i use fresh lemon juice for pectin  http://www.allotment-garden.org/recipe/148/strawberry-jam-recipe/

[mumofstig]

There is a question and answer from Val in the link given above

Sue Mealey @ 7:58 pm #

Help! I made strawberry jam yesterday with the recipe above. I have made it successfully in previous years but this year it won't set! I did put it in jars and put it in the fridge but no joy. Can I rescue it soemhow?

Thanks

Sue

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Val @ 11:01 am #

Try tipping it out of the jars, re-heating and stirring in a sachet of powdered pectin (Silver Spoon). Don't forget to wash and re-sterilise the jars before you put the jam back in.

So I would add one & half sachets to the quantity you've made....... Good Luck!

[chrissie B]

if I carnt find pectin I put apple in seems to work for me , allways have some in the freezer .
chrissie b

[agapanthus]

I use a lot less sugar......about 10oz to every 1lb of fruit but always add 1 lemon per pound of fruit and put all the pith and seeds from the lemons into a muslin bag and add to the mix. Never had any probs


Just a quick sp change, Aggy Hope you don't mind 

[mjpalin]

2 weeks on, I finally got round to re-boiling the jam today. 1.5 sachets of pectin, and a generous amount of lemon juice later - we have "set" Thanks to everyone who helped :-)

[azubah]

I usually have some red currants or blackcurrants in the freezer so I usually put some of them into the mix as they contain pectin. I also add lemon juice or citric acid powder.