Easy to make recipe from fallen unripe apples, keeps well to use with low pectin fruits the following summer such as; strawberries, peaches, apricots, elderberry
Details
⏲️ Prep time: 20 mins
🍳 Cook time: 30 mins
🍽️ Servings: 4 small jars
Ingredients
1kg unripe apples
1l water
500g-750g sugar
Grain alchohol or meths for testing pectin
Directions
Roughly chop the apples and put pips, cores, everything in a large pan
Add water enough to just cover the fruit and boil until soft, do not mash
Strain the pulp overnight through a fine cloth without squeezing
Add 1tsp apple liquid to 3tsp alchohol and stir, if a blob of jelly forms it is strong enough to use (if not boil to reduce further)
To preserve your pectin you can water bath can, or boil then add 1lb sugar per pint liquid (do not cook to setting point) and store in jars for 1 years
