Nothing bought today for the chickens.
The good news is the family have surrvived testing the blackberry jam I made yesterday with the Blackberries I picked from my garden hedges. My dad has kept the jar!
Ingredients:
• 1 lb blackberries, cleaned thoroughly and stalks removed
• 1 lb jam sugar
• splash of water (approx 2 tablespoons)
Method:
1. Put a saucer in the freezer before starting the jam.
2. Tip the cleaned blackberries into a large saucepan and heat gently, adding a splash of water.
3. When the mixture heats gently and the berries start to break down, tip in the sugar.
4. Once the sugar is added, bring to a rapid boil and stir regularly. The pink foam will rise up the sides of the saucepan - time four minutes from this stage and continue to boil and stir as needed.
5. Take the saucer out of the freezer. With a teaspoon, drop a small amount of the hot jam onto the frozen saucer and push the blob of jam with a finger. If a wrinkle forms, the jam has reached setting point. Take off the heat and cool slightly, then pour into warmed sterilised glass jars. Seal while warm.
Can't believe I made Jam. There are a lot more blackberries ripening so I might make some more later in the week!!!!!
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