Dandelion Jam recipe

Mrs Powell's Dandelion Jam

You will need:

222 dandelion flowers (approx) ~ just the yellow petals, no green bits!
1 pear
1 orange
2 lemons
2 pints of water

Dandelion petals.

What to do.....

1. Place the petals of 200 dandelions in a pan
2. Chop the pear and put it in the pan
3. Juice the orange and lemons and put in the pan along with the grated rind

4. Add 2 pints of water
5. Boil for 10 minutes (approx) ~ mashing with a potato masher intermediately

6. Allow to cool a little and then strain through a sieve, squishing to get all the liquid out
7. Return the liquid to the pan (I topped it up to 2 pints with water)
8. Add a bag of jam sugar ** and the petal from a few more dandelions 

Be careful, it can get a bit feisty!!

9. Slowly bring to the boil stirring and then rolling boil until setting point is reached

Look what I found to help measure the jam temperature 

~ it used to belong to my Great Uncle

10. Pot and leave to set.

Mrs Powell's delicious dandelion jam!

** I have been experimenting with less sugar 2/3 a bag of sugar still tastes delicious but produces slightly less jam.


This recipe makes about 3 medium jam jars.

 
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