T&L Mini Preserving Guide

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your jars, and make sure a good airtight seal has formed to prevent any unwanted bacteria growing. Always store them in a cool, dark and dry place. SETTING POINTS There are some quick signs which will help you spot when your preserve has nearly reached its setting point. • The fruit mixture will not rise as vigorously in the preserving pan as it has done earlier in the cooking process. • The fruit mixture will make more noise as it boils and you will see large bubbles forming on the surface. Every recipe is different, and some preserves will start to set after only 3-5 minutes where as others may take 15 minutes or longer. It is therefore very important that you start testing for setting early to avoid over cooking your preserve.

Poor Set Problems with setting are the most common issues in the process of preserving. A poor set can occur for a number of reasons: too much or too little sugar, an insufficient amount of pectin, the fruit used was either over ripe or under ripe, or you may have over cooked the mixture. Air Bubbles This could be a result of adding your jam/preserve into your jars when the jars are too hot. If this is the case, the jam and preserve could continue to cook. In order rectify this, use your Kilner ® spatula and run it around the inside of the jar, allowing the bubbles to rise to the top and burst. Mould If mould appears in your preserve whilst being stored, you must discard it immediately. Next time you preserve make sure you take extra care when sterilising

Tate & Lyle ® Preserving Sugar Tate & Lyle’s Preserving Sugar goes perfectly with a variety of fruits to create your favourite jams, chutneys and marmalades. Larger, slower dissolving crystals reduce stirring, prevent burning and produce less froth during boiling. There’s no added pectin, so Tate & Lyle Preserve Sugar is best used with fruits containing high pectin levels. Tate & Lyle Jam Sugar Tate & Lyle Jam Sugar is vital in jams as a natural preserving agent and flavouring. Added pectin helps ensure a perfect set when using low pectin fruits like strawberries or cherries. Quality of Produce You may find it a little unusual that we want to talk about storing fresh produce in a preserving mini guide! But the fresher your produce the better, so it’s important that you use high quality ingredients and store these correctly in order to get the best textures and flavours for your perfect preserve. Of course, some vegetables and fruits keep better than others, we advise carefully selecting your fresh ingredients and keep them in the right environment to prevent them from degrading.