On Fri, 1 Aug 2008 20:25:05 -0700 (PDT), ljp
> wrote:
>On Aug 1, 8:00 pm, Gloria P > wrote:
>
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>> FWIW most instructions for jelly or jam specify: DO NOT DOUBLE the recipe.
>
>I had 12 cups of raspberries that had been in the fridge too long. I
>guess I could have made two batches. Mainly, its the jelly recipes
>that say not to double. Also, most recipes seem to be for singles not
>families. 5 half pint jars isn't what I consider a batch. I'm trying
>recipes because the last time I made jam (3 years ago) I over cooked
>it.
>
>I want to make juice and fruit leather with the two ice cream pails of
>raspberries that replaced them. However, I can't find instructions
>for making raspberry juice. Do I add water? How much juice should I
>expect? Can I use the pulp for fruit leather?
Hi Larry
Do you have the Ball Blue Book of Complete Home Preserving? If not,
it's a great resource for you to answer these questions. It's how I
learned to make jelly and jam and preserving things in glass BUT its
got nothing on drying. I ordered another book called Putting Things By
(recommended from posters here) that gives instructions on that. I
like to dry things, and it's been decades since I've done any. There's
always the great U of Ga website to fall back on for the basics
http://www.uga.edu/nchfp/index.html
The BBB CHB book was on sale cheap at a local store, you can get it on
Amazon or Ebay if you're not near a bookstore yourself.
Since your raspberries are frozen, all you have to do to get juice is
defrost them in the refrigerator, put them in a big non-reactive pan,
smoosh 'em up good with a potato masher, dump them into a sieve lined
with a triple layer of damp cheesecloth suspended over a bowl, then
wait a couple of hours. No Squeezing Allowed or you get cloudy jelly.
I suggest smallish batches, it goes faster. Then you can put the juice
in the frige until you are ready to make jelly. The BBB CHB has good
sized batches for some 1/2 pint jellies but some things are best done
in small batches. I'm no expert but smaller batches of jelly seems
like it would be easier to handle!
Fruit leather with berries would be pretty seedy, wouldn't it? Be like
chewing a mouthful of dried pits.
snow