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shadiya
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 Posted: Thu Mar 22, 12 11:16 am Post subject: Certo |
 
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Once you've used Certo and your marmalade still hasn't set  can you buy another bottle and try again or do you just feed the marmalade to the bin and accept the fact that this year, you will mostly be eating Waitrose stuff? |
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dpack
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runny is fine by me |
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wildfoodie
Joined: 05 Apr 2005
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Sorry to hear about your marmalade woes.... what about using a vegan jelling agent such as Agar? |
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judith
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ISTR that you made a double batch of marmalade. Did you put two bottles of Certo in it? |
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shadiya
Joined: 02 Feb 2008
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No, it CLEARLY says on the bottle that you use half a bottle per kilo of fruit. As I'd done a two kilo batch and as it said double the quantity, use the whole bottle, I thought I'd chance it. Big mistake. A bit runny is one thing but I don't want to have to dip my toast into it to be able to eat it. As things stand, it wouldn't stay on a piece of toast unless you cut the bread with a lip all the way round.....
Agar or whatever seaweedy type thing they have in Waitrose is fiendishly expensive, about five pounds a pack last time I looked and if it didn't work I think I might implode with futile rage.... Which would be even messier than washing out all the jam jars again. Sigh. Of course, the stuff that boiled over on to the cooker top seems to be happy enough to set. Dang. And blast. |
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judith
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Oh dear. So very frustrating, I know. Especially when the splashes manage to weld themselves to every available surface. |
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Kenworth
Joined: 04 Apr 2011
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I can't get Certoto work anymore. I've resorted to using Sure Jell. There is another brand available called Pomona, and I believe it's available internationally.
It would be a shame to throw the jam out. I would try to reprocess it. |
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Chez
Joined: 13 Aug 2006
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What about adding some apples and reboiling?
(I don't trust certo, really - I don't have good results with it) |
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Jamanda
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| Posted: Fri Mar 30, 12 7:09 pm Post subject: |
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What is Certo? I know it's a brand name for something that's supposed to set your jam (but evidently doesn't always do so), but what's in it? |
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Chez
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| Posted: Fri Mar 30, 12 7:10 pm Post subject: |
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Pectin, basically. |
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sally_in_wales
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| Posted: Fri Mar 30, 12 7:11 pm Post subject: |
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if it refuses to set, runny marmalade is great in marinades, as a glaze when roasting things, that type of thing. It neednt go to waste |
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Jamanda
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| Posted: Fri Mar 30, 12 7:15 pm Post subject: |
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I bet it would be great mixed into a herman cake, or in place of syrup in a syrup sponge. |
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sally_in_wales
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| Posted: Fri Mar 30, 12 7:16 pm Post subject: |
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| Jamanda wrote: |
| I bet it would be great mixed into a herman cake, or in place of syrup in a syrup sponge. |
mmm, maybe in carrot cake or flapjacks too? |
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Jamanda
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| Posted: Fri Mar 30, 12 7:22 pm Post subject: |
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Poured over icecream? |
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Chez
Joined: 13 Aug 2006
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Location: The Hive of the Uberbee, Quantock Hills, Somerset
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If you're going that route, why not add vodka and drink it through a straw? |
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