Elderberry Jam
From lumpy1 15 years ago
- 60 minutes to make
- Serves 30
This recipe is from the book Food From The Countryside, by Avril Rodway, illustrated by Zane Carey,1992, grange books. i added my own information on gathering the berries. one more additional note is that elderberry grow in full sun and you will want to wear protective sunscreen. Read more also, i did not air out the jam as the recipe recommends. i ladled the thin jam into sterilized pint jars, and processed in the canning pot 20 mintues. the jam thickened in the jars within a couple days. See less
Ingredients
- Large poly-woven bag for gathering (see Reuse Recycle Feed Bags) shopping list
- 450g (1lb) elderberries, stripped from stems (you can strip the berries right into the polyethylene feed bag, but you will want to put newspaper under the bag, because it allows seepage.) shopping list
- 225g (8oz) cooking apples, peeled and chopped shopping list
- 150ml (1/4 pt) water shopping list
- juice of 2 lemons shopping list
- 2 sprigs of lemon balm (if available) shopping list
- 675g (1 1/2 lb) sugar shopping list
How to make it
- First you need to find the berries:
- It is easier if you drive a car, but you dont have to drive. In the month of September drive your car on a highway that runs parallel with a set of railroad tracks, or better yet a trail on a berm that was old railroad tracks. Look in the land area along the ditch of the highway and the berm of the RR tracks. The elderberry bush with look like a large burgandy colored mass. And then about a 1/4 mile up you will begin to see 3 or 4 large burgandy masses, and then you need to park to get a closer look. Elderberry also frequently grows along unmowed land adjacent to industrial parks in full sunlight. you can identify the plants in the spring by their large multi-flowered white umbels. The plant fully grown is 8 feet, so use caution when picking the berries while standing on a trail. if the top of the plant is at eye level you have a five foot drop to the bottom of the ditch. Watch your footing and only pick those berries you can easily reach. Remember there are more plants a little further up.
- Put all the ingredients into a pan and simmer until a small quantity, put on a plate, wrinkles when cold. Remove balm. Pour into hot sterized jars and cover.
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yep use to pick these and help mama as a wee lass make elder jam best jam in the world besides blackberry thanks for the memory high5
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yep use to pick these and help mama as a wee lass make elder jam best jam in the world besides blackberry thanks for the memory high5
momo_55grandma
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We have an elderberry bush in the yard! This is so neat! love the pictures! Is that you with the bag?
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