Blackcurrant Jam Recipe | High Fruit Blackcurrant Jam Recipe.

[@Moykel]

Made this two years running, great recipe, great jam. Thank you.

[@gardenerscottageblakeney1316]

Great to hear!

[@conorgrace1274]

Thanks for this tip ive mad a nice jam

[@gardenerscottageblakeney1316]

Glad I could help thank you for letting us know

[@Pahjx]

I just picked a bunch of black currents from my garden. I'm going to use this recipe to make tarts.

[@gardenerscottageblakeney1316]

Love that I hope they turned out well.

[@Pahjx]

@@gardenerscottageblakeney1316 Update, they turned out well. I brought them to a dinner party and the people who tried them loved them.

[@TraceysCookingNAllotment]

Followed this recipe and.turned out amazing 👏 I did top and tail the blackcurrants with those little brown bits but tastes amazing 👏

[@gardenerscottageblakeney1316]

So glad yours turned out well . We love blackcurrant jam

[@beaulieuonnp593]

Very good video learned a lot

[@gardenerscottageblakeney1316]

Glad it was helpful!

[@ladyrose358]

Hi from Northern Norway. I love to make blackcurrant jam & tea-& juce & blackcurrant pie 😍

[@gardenerscottageblakeney1316]

Sounds great! love a blackcurrant pie my grandmother used to make them

[@pelmel1990]

I just tried this with three cups of black currants I collected in my garden! It turnes out great, but I should have stopped at the second test. Its okay though, its my first time ever making jam! Better luck next summer 😂 its delicious though

[@gardenerscottageblakeney1316]

its one of our favourites it is great on a vanilla cheesecake

[@minumakes4961]

looking awesome 🙏🙏

[@gardenerscottageblakeney1316]

Thanks

[@roadtoinfinitepeace9818]

Wow looks yummy!!

[@gardenerscottageblakeney1316]

Thanks

[@gisellejones1139]

Gonna make that tomorrow😊

[@gardenerscottageblakeney1316]

Hope it goes well

[@jackiecrispin]

One of my favorite. Thanks

[@gardenerscottageblakeney1316]

Mine too!

[@MassiveLib]

Excellent tips

[@gardenerscottageblakeney1316]

Glad you think so! thank you for watching

[@smezley50]

I found your nice easy recipe. I have just harvested a load of black currents, I'm wondering Is it possible to strain the seeds out. As my teeth are a bit brittle.

[@gardenerscottageblakeney1316]

I’m sure you may be able to with the right sieve. You may be better with a blackcurrant jelly as there are a lot of seeds in the jam

[@andrewwalkerscotland]

What temperature should oven be set to for sterilizing jars? And how to work out how many (volume) jars ?

[@gardenerscottageblakeney1316]

Depends on what your jam jars are made of . We sterilise the glass jars in the oven at over 100 degrees centigrade and we sterilise the lids which have a plastic seal by putting them in a large dish & pouring boiling water over them

[@Billy_Bull_Sheeter]

I made this and it turned out perfect. I think I was a bit Jammy

[@gardenerscottageblakeney1316]

Thank you so much for letting us know. Glad you enjoyed the jam recipe

[@maryoleary2037]

My mother used to make black currant jam and it has always been my favourite jam. I like the tangy flavour. I also like the pattern on the plate, that you used to test the set. Do you know if the plate is old and what the pattern in called?

[@gardenerscottageblakeney1316]

Thank you Mary I will find out for you

[@maryoleary2037]

@@gardenerscottageblakeney1316 Much appreciated.

[@gardenerscottageblakeney1316]

I’m so sorry I forgot to ask Mike what the plate in the video was . I’ll ask him now

[@amytih47]

Looks delicious! What’s the shelf life unopened?

[@gardenerscottageblakeney1316]

It keeps reasonably well if you keep it in fridge. Its so delicious it does not last long in our house

[@midnightbazaar]

Really good explanation. I made raspberry jam last night. Next on list is blackcurrant - I guess as it’s so acidic no lemon juice is required in this ? Just 2 ingredients the fruit and sugar.

[@gardenerscottageblakeney1316]

Glad you found it helpful . Lemon juice is not required in our experience for Blackberry jam . Ours always sets beautifully

[@Diamond18116]

Amazing just sugar & small butter only? why butter I am getting so curious?

[@gardenerscottageblakeney1316]

The butter reduces the foaming and scum that would otherwise occur on the top of the jam when it is being cooked . It also means you can use a standard granulated sugar . I think it works by lowering the surface tension on the bubble

[@dns_error]

And putting date and time on the jars, is it better to eat later or it's really like an expiry date?

[@gardenerscottageblakeney1316]

We always try to do this otherwise its difficult to know when it was made although in our house the blackcurrant jam always gets eaten very fast

[@Flowreach]

How long in total does this take? Sounds like 5 minutes?

[@gardenerscottageblakeney1316]

It’s fairly quick

[@pheart2381]

I've just made 10 jars from freeze dried berries.I reconstituted the berries overnight.took me 1¹/² hours!

[@gardenerscottageblakeney1316]

That’s very impressive hope it’s as delicious . Great idea to freeze the blackberries as we always find the blackberry jam is the one we eat first ours has all gone now

[@zoloob8839]

Overboiled the fruits - vitamins took an exit. 🍓🔥

[@gardenerscottageblakeney1316]

Thank you for the feedback

[@pheart2381]

I checked into this because I just made some jam. Apparently the nutrients leach into the cooking liquid,but as the cooking liquid is part of the jam they are not lost. Vitamin c can change structure but that doesn't all disappear either. I think it would be impossible to enjoy this fruit in large quantities straight off the bush,and this is one way of preserving rather than losing to spoilage.

[@shepopop]

When making jam , a high temperature must be reached . Overwise it will mould

[@gardenerscottageblakeney1316]

Thank you that’s helpful to know .

[@gardenerscottageblakeney1316]

That’s very true

[@davidrowe8747]

Excellent video, so simple! Is there a reason why you heat the blackberries before adding sugar? I noticed on your Tayberry jam video that you mixed in the sugar at the beginning.

[@gardenerscottageblakeney1316]

Thank you David glad you enjoyed it I will ask Mike , kind regards, Kate

[@JM.5387]

You can do either, but once you combine sugar + pectin + acid, the gelling process begins, and it's possible to over-gel your black currant jam and make it unpleasantly stiff. Black currants naturally contain a lot of pectin and acid. Cooking first without added sugar gives the berries more time to release their juice before you add the sugar.

[@caff55]

Hi! Am I right in assuming you added no additional water. I ask because I just followed a recipe that for 2ib of fruit It told me to add a significant amour of water . Took 45 minutes to attain setting point using the wrinked surface test.

[@gardenerscottageblakeney1316]

Hi, no water at all, you only have to boil it off and if you stir well for the first few minutes you don't need it

[@caff55]

@@gardenerscottageblakeney1316 Thanks for the tip!

[@H2oAllergicShark]

Do you need to sterilise the device you used to pour the jam into the jars with?

[@gardenerscottageblakeney1316]

No, by potting the jam hot into the jars and then sealing with hot air you get a sterilised jam and lid with a good seal. Using this method I have found you don't need to sterlise the jars lids of implements in the traditional way and the jam keeps perfectly for 12 months, but it never lasts this long!

[@H2oAllergicShark]

@@gardenerscottageblakeney1316 Ah so the heat from the jam essentially sterilises as it goes into the jar. Thanks for the reply, have a good day! :)

[@Revelation13-8]

Dont all the suggar destroy the health bennefits on the blackcurrant ?

[@gardenerscottageblakeney1316]

Not the mental health benefits ?

[@beaulieuonnp593]

Do you have to have so much sugar, can you get away with less?

[@JM.5387]

Black currants are very sour and astringent.

[@gardenerscottageblakeney1316]

no they are very sharp and would not taste good with less sugar. you could experiment to your taste

[@gardenerscottageblakeney1316]

this is very true

[@dns_error]

Can you make it sugar free?

[@gardenerscottageblakeney1316]

Not sure how good it would taste or if it would set properley. You would need to add an artificial sweetener as the blackcurrants are very tart and I think this may spoil the taste of the jam.

[@nigelkthomas9501]

I thought you were supposed to add some water when making blackcurrant jam.

[@gardenerscottageblakeney1316]

i think there are lots of different blackcurrant jam recipes this is ours and its works every year

[@robinnicholas7867]

Made a real meal of that

[@gardenerscottageblakeney1316]

Thank you for the feedback

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[@gardenerscottageblakeney1316]

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[@naturallyShaiShai]

What about the seeds.....?

[@gardenerscottageblakeney1316]

Honestly, they have never bothered me, love them. You must be a jelly fan, but it's all too much work when they are not a personal issue.