Haw Jelly

So people, we stewed the haws last night and left overnight to strain off the juice.  We added enough water to cover the haws well and enough to allow to simmer for an hour or so without reducing the volume of liquid too much.

We didn't have a jelly bag so a tea towel had to suffice for this time and, it does need a bit of a squeeze to get some of the juice out.  The recipe we used does say squeezing may turn your jelly cloudy, but hey, who cares as long as it's edible!!!

Anyway, below is the jar of haw jelly just bottled!!!

Quantities are:

1.5 lbs of haws destemmed.
Cover with water bring to boil and simmer for 1 hour, mashing every so often with a potato masher.
Strain overnight in a jelly bag
For every pint of juice add 1 lb sugar and juice of 1 lemon.
Dissolve sugar and then quick boil for at least ten minutes or until the setting experiment works :)
Skim off foam and put into sterilised jars.
Enjoy!!!

The original recipe can be found here (also a good website for other edible foraged foods):


http://www.eatweeds.co.uk/hawthorn-jelly-recipe