Comments on: How to make crabapple jelly

By: Nick

Nick — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 09:45:24 +0000

Emma, check in peoples gardens – most people with crabapple trees just let them fall and get mushed.
i have found most people willing to let me take the apples, give them a jar of jelly in return and you will probably get them every year.

By: emma wood

emma wood — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 10:25:12 +0000

hello ,been trying to make crabapple jelly for years .but i can never find any crabapples does anybody know where any are in northampton or around that area? thanks.

By: Tina

Tina — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 18:08:23 +0000

Hi Amanda, I have made jam in the past that hasn’t set properly & have reboiled it the next day & it then set so the same will probably work for jellies.

By: Stan

Stan — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 09:37:25 +0000

What do we do if the liquid is cloudy?

By: Nik

Nik — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 08:54:30 +0000

Hi Amanda. You need to get your jam to 105 degrees Celsius to make it set. This could well take longer than 30 minutes. You can test for setting by putting a little on a cold plate, waiting two minutes and then running your finger through it. If it rucks up in front of your finger, it is setting.

You could try boiling it again as you have nothing to lose, but I’m not sure whether this would solve your problem as you have already taken it off the boil once.

By: Amanda

Amanda — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 08:26:13 +0000

Hi,
My jelly hasn’t set. Do I just put it back in the pot and boil it some more? I boiled it for over half an hour the first time.
many thanks.

By: Naomi

Naomi — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 09:27:45 +0000

Thanks so much Nik. I’ll pick them this week and take them home (with your recipe) to my mum who is the expert jam and jelly maker in the family! There might be a jar or two of something in return if I’m lucky…

By: Nik

Nik — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 09:21:20 +0000

Yes – this is absolutely the perfect time to be picking crab apples, naomi – particularly if some of yours are falling to the ground. They should be good and red by now and be easy to remove from the branches. Any that have fallen can still be used if they are undamaged and free from bugs or dirt.

By: Naomi

Naomi — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 09:10:31 +0000

Is now the right time to harvest crab apples? We have a small crab apple tree in our garden which has lots of small red fruit at the moment some of which has already fallen to the ground. Should I be picking them now?

Cheers

By: Nik

Nik — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 08:31:07 +0000

Hi Anna. The best shop for jam-making supplies, by far, is Lakeland. I’m off there again today to buy more pots. You can never had too many at this time of year.