How long can you keep homemade jam? Learn how storage changes once the jar is opened, why low-sugar jam keeps differently and how to recognise spoilage.
Tag: jam troubleshooting
Why Has My Jam Crystallised? How to Prevent and Fix Sugar Crystals
Found gritty or crunchy crystals in your homemade jam? Learn why jam crystallises, how to prevent it and what you can do with a crystallised batch.
How Do You Know When Jam Is Ready?
There is a moment in jam making where everything suddenly becomes a bit uncertain. The fruit has softened.The sugar has dissolved.The pan is bubbling away.The kitchen smells amazing. But then comes the big question: How do you know when the jam is actually ready? Take it off too early and you may end up with…
Why Hasn’t My Jam Set? How to Fix Runny Jam at Home
There are few things more frustrating in the kitchen than spending time chopping fruit, boiling a pan of jam, carefully filling your jars… only to find the next day that your homemade jam is still runny. The good news is this: runny jam is not always a disaster. In fact, most soft or loose jams…