Green Crab Apple Jelly

Put the crab apples in a saucepan and cover with water.

Green crab apple jelly. Skim off any foam from the top. Golden caster sugar a quarter of the weight of the crab apples. Lemon juice juice of half a lemon per 500g 1 lb of sugar. When the jelly point has been reached remove from heat and pour into small sterile jars leaving 1 4 inch of headspace.

Add sugar stir until sugar is dissolved. Transform the tart flavor of crabapples into a delicious homemade crabapple jelly. Crab apples or crabapples are those wonderful sour small apples that you sometimes see in the countryside. This tree also produces apples that are fine for eating and the fruit is also suitable for apple butter jelly or spicing as well.

Remove the screw on bands and wash the jars. Step 3 pour the pulp into a jelly bag or several layers of muslin and let drip overnight into a pan. 2 kg 4 lbs of crab apples will make about 1500ml of jelly about three jars ingredients. Bring to a boil reduce heat to medium and let simmer for 10 to 15 minutes.

Ingredients crab apples 250g 8 1oz will make approximately 200ml 6 7 fl oz of jelly water sugar superfine or caster 1 lemon. Crab apples or the crab apple cores remaining from making the crab apple sauce and the juice you ve saved. The chestnut crabapple is the best choice for gardeners living in colder climates in the northern states. Add enough water to be able to see but no so much that the crabapples are floating.

Put in a saucepan fill with water to just cover the apples. Crab apple jelly is normally strained through muslin which results in a. Some trees grown on rootstock can reach a height of up to 15 feet. The crabapple tree is a native of the temperate areas in the northern hemisphere.

Bring to the boil and simmer for approximately half an hour. Bring to hard boil allowing it to boil for one minute no more no less. Method step 1 wash the apples removing any bruised fruit. Remove stems and blossom ends from crabapples and cut into quarters.

Bring to a boil over medium high heat stirring constantly. The main way of using crabapples is in a crabapple jelly recipe. Store your jars in a cool dark place and use within 12 months. Directions wash the crab apples.

Remove the stalks and cut off the bottom and any bad parts. Crabapples have enough natural pectin so no additional pectin is needed for this crabapple jelly recipe. Label and date the jars. They can also be used in cider making.

Place them in a large stainless steel or other non reactive pot or saucepan.