Questions tagged [jelly]
Questions about the preparation or use of jelly, a clear fruit preserve made from fruit (or vegetable) juice and sugar with the possible addition of pectin. For the ingredient or formation of gelatin in the cooking process, please see the [gelatin] tag.
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What ingredients can I use to water down a homemade Cumberland sauce?
I recently tried to make a simple homemade Cumberland sauce. This recipe, from online, included redcurrant jelly (for lack of fresh redcurrant berries where I am), a ruby port, a stick of cinnamon, ...
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Flavored Jello Melting
I used to make gelatin desserts successfully all the time for many years. When I moved to USA, gelatin doesn’t seem to set hard enough despite my following instructions and it melts after being taken ...
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Peanut butter and Jelly sandwich - adapted to ingredients from the UK [closed]
Making a peanut butter and jelly sandwich in the UK. What is required, what is traditional, and what is optional?
Firstly: what type of bread? Must it be white, brown, wholemeal or granary? Are ...
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Is there a formula for adjusting water when scaling a recipe?
I do the cooking for a large event once a year and this year we're unable to purchase cranberry sauce in large quantities, but cranberries are freely available. I always make cranberry sauce (whole ...
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Can I freeze quince fruits before making jelly?
I have recently unexpectedly acquired a decent harvest of quinces. I would like to make these into jelly, but don't have time right now.
Can I freeze the quinces for a few months and then use them to ...
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Overcooked grapes for jelly?
I cooked my grapes overnight in a crock pot. It only has one temperature setting.
The grapes became brown and appeared mushy, and the juice they released was also brown. The taste became almost cherry-...
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How do I create slippery and light jelly for drinking?
I created an experiment with 10 different water/gelatin ratios but none provided the required results.
I'd like to create viscosity similar to Jelly Juice pouch bags. However, when the results I'm ...
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What was this mysterious food/dessert product in 1990s Finland?
Throughout the 1990s, I often visited Southern Finland with my family. More specifically, Hanko/Hangö.
In the stores, in the refrigerated area, they sold these yummy-looking desserts, or possibly food ...
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How many years does canned jelly stay safe to eat? [duplicate]
I have several jars of canned grape jelly that are at least 10 years old. Are they still safe to eat?
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Cooking jelly avoiding overboiling
In the last months I cooked a lot of jelly and found an interesting pattern from my ceran stove top: When the heating unit barely fits under the pot the juice will boil over. However if I use the ...
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Avoiding poisonous quince juice
I'm cooking jelly from quinces, with core housing and seeds. I try to remove sliced seeds. From the leftover mass I prepare delicious quince bread by passing it through a food mill ("Flotte Lotte&...
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How can I salvage jelly that does not set?
This is related but not a duplicate of this question.
Apparently, I used fresh kiwi and mango in my jelly, and now it does not set. I know what I did wrong; but what can I do about it?
E.g. Can I ...
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Can fermented hot peppers be used to make jam / jelly?
I've had a bountiful hot pepper harvest this year and am trying to find a variety of ways to preserve them. Much of my harvest has been lacto-fermented by puree'ing and brining the peppers with 2% by ...
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Why are grape preserves so hard to find in the USA?
When I was much younger my grandmother was always complaining that she could never find grape preserves anymore. That was maybe 20-30 years ago.
I recently started looking for grape preserves and am ...
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while canning jam or jelly can you put peanut butter inside the jar with it? can both together?
I like to give jam as gifts and it would be neat if i could put peanut butter with it inside the jar. Is this safe or not? Thank you for your time. :)
