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rowan berry jelly with rosemary and spoon on jar

Homemade Rowan Jelly

Karon Grieve
A super easy recipe for rowan jelly with the option of flavouring it with rosemary too.
4.82 from 11 votes
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 40 minutes
Total Time 50 minutes
Course preserves
Cuisine Savoury Preserves
Servings 2 200g jars
Calories 171 kcal

Ingredients
 

  • 450 g rowan berries
  • 225 g apples
  • water
  • 1 lemon juice only
  • 3 rosemary sprigs of fresh rosemary (optional)
  • sugar

Instructions
 

  • Rinse and dry the rowan berries
  • Chop the apples (leave on skin and core)
  • Place all fruit plus 1 sprig of rosemary (if you are flavouring your rowan jelly with rosemary) in a pan with a little water (just covering the fruits) and heat to boiling point then simmer for 20 minutes
  • Mash fruit well with potato masher
  • Ladle fruit into a jelly bag.muslin bag or clean nylon tights suspended over a bowl and leave to drip overnight
  • For every 600ml/1 pint of juice add 350g/12 oz sugar and place in pan with the lemon juice
  • Boil for 10-15 minutes or until setting point has been reached.
  • Ladle into jars and pop in a sprig of rosemary if you have gone for the rosemary version before covering with lids.

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Notes

Please note I can't give you exact sugar content (hence calories off) because it depends on how much juice you get from the rowan berries and apples after straining the juice.

Nutrition

Calories: 171kcalCarbohydrates: 42gProtein: 4gFat: 1gSaturated Fat: 1gSodium: 5mgPotassium: 561mgFiber: 16gSugar: 24gVitamin A: 559IUVitamin C: 81mgCalcium: 88mgIron: 2mg
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