[Christo]

Hi Gang. I'm making some Jam and on the recipes it says'Test for Pectin'. I can't find anything on how I do this. Is it simple or will I need a nuclear science degree and a Chemistry set? 

[mumofstig]

It's amazing the amount of jam making help and advice there is in the recipes section (tab at the top of page).
I found this in there 

Test for pectin content before the sugar is added to the cooked fruit by taking 1 teaspoonful of juice from the fruit and putting it into a glass and leaving to cool. Add 3 teaspoons of methylated spirit and stir.
If a large clot forms in the juice, adequate pectin has been extracted and the sugar may be added.
If there is a medium amount of pectin, several small clots will form.
If there is very little pectin content it will break into small pieces and additional pectin will have to be added.

[Christo]

Thanks MoS. Reasonably easy then. I just need some meths. You're right though, plenty of infomation in there.