One of my favorite early summer fruits is Japanese Loquat. Today im gonna show you how i turn these into this
I like to rinse off any dust and dirt before I peel, halve and de-seed. I've done this enough to share with you that if you peel from the bottom (where fruit was attached to branch) up, it's much easier to clean out the seeds, membrane and 'belly button'. I think the seeds are pretty cool too cos they shine like Tiger Eye stones when in the sun
So after peeling and halving the fruits, I gather the following ingredients:
8 C Loquat fruit, peeled & Seeded
8 C water
2C Turbinado (Raw) Sugar
1 Pint Blackberry
1 C Lemon vine jam (optional)
Add loquat and water to pot, bring to boil, reduce to simmer.
Floating a strainer, partially cook blackberry fruit 5-10 min (in batches if sm strainer) then using spoon, push juice and flesh through, toss seed out.
Once loquat softens (about 30 mins), add LV jam and immersion blend all.
Continue simmering until liquid reduces by 1/2 to 2/3 skimming out froth and stirring about every 30 mins for 2 to 2 1/2 hrs.
Check jam set by taking a teaspoon, let cool, and jam should drop off very slowly when spoon tilted up. Texture will be like thick apple butter.
Makes 2 one pint jars + 1 ladle enough for tasting!
I tend to like my jam just on the tart side, so feel free to adjust the sugar to your taste.
As a foodie, please let me know if you have a fruit jam you'd like to share a recipe to. This is also good on my homemade buttermilk pancakes!
Let me know if you decide to make a batch yourself.
Bon appetit!
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The first tag #homesteading would have been good. Also, #diy, #food. Those are tags that get searched more
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Ok, i guess i dont think in those terms (hashtags) quite yet, so thank u for the heads up!
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No worries. You will have this down in no time
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ZOMG. Loquats are my favorite fruit. I harvest a dozen just from street trees during every walk, and only a few make it back home as an offering to @stinawog. I don't know if I could resist eating loquats for long enough to make jam, but that looks delicious.
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Oh man, I know what you mean! i usually eat em as they get to the sweet stage, cos they are hard to resist, but, if you ever get a glut of them, now you have a recipe to try!
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@yabshire I make loquat preserves but I do not peel them I cut the ends off and remove seeds, cut the fruit in half. I like the chunks of fruit in it. I just thought you might want to try next time
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Thank you for the suggestion, @myjob!
I do appreciate labor reduction hints and tips for cooking & crafts. Im guessing that you do not immersion blend as well. Definitely things to consider on my next batch!
Oh, do you add any other types of fruit/ spices to the recipe or do got keep it straight Loquat?
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@yabshire I just cut ends off, take seeds out, leave fruit in two pieces, barely cover with water, boil for 10 min then I measure how many cups is left in pot, add 1 cup sugar to cup of fruit bring to a boil add pectin boil for another minute or so, place in jars then in water bath for 10 minutes. I use to not use pectin but now I have a glass top stove and IDK what it is but I have trouble getting my jams and jellies to set, my husband says it does not get hot like a gas stove, maybe he is right. It is really good, I even mix it in yogurt.
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Wow, thanks for that technique, I'll definitely give it a try next time!
Funny you should say that about pectin as i used a gas stove when i cooked my last batch and i didn't add any pectin.
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@yabshire My husband set me up a little stove hooked to a propane tank, he put it on the back porch and told me the next time I make jelly to try using it. I have a bunch of mangoes I froze from last year, I am thinking about making jelly out of them since my tree is already full of this years mangoes.
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Now that sounds like husband who loves his wife...and her jam!
I looove mangoes, Atulfo (small yellow) are my favorite. I dont have mangoes growing in my garden, although i have been successful in getting the ones i get from Costco to germinate from seed.
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@yabshire I agree about hubby. I grow all my mangoes from seeds, they are what we call turpentine mangoes but we like them, if you cut them the right way they are not stringy when you eat them. If you plant from seeds that is the kind of mango you will get. to get the big ones like haydens you have to graft it from the tree. I planted ours 10 years ago last year we had way to many mangoes I froze a lot of the made jelly and preserves and gave away tons. The sooner you plant the tree the sooner you will get fruit. We have been getting fruit from it for the last 5 years but last year was over load. It is also best to start the seed in soil rather than in water. I hope this helps.
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Oh man! I would be running around my yard with an orange face from scarfing them down! 😋
I will be doing a post soon about recycling plastic food beverage containers into sub-irrigation pots (SIPs). Ive started my seeds in them reliably. I also keep root disturbing activities like transplanting to a minimum by only doing them towards new moon, while the plant is entering its resting phase and sowing seeds towards full moon as this is a plant's most active phase. I got this info from reading about Rudolph Steiner (1920's) and Biodynamic Farming. I dont go the full bore with using the ammendments prescribed but by only following moon phase activities, I've increased my success rates in germination and transplanting to over 90%. Give it a read and see what you think. Id be interested in hearing your thoughts on the process!
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