Guava Jelly won't set
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| 1 | My guava jelly won't set. mrsvonflik - 2019-05-01 14:05:00 |
| 2 | after you have added the sugar, you may need more than one lemon though. If you have access to rhubarb, next time you make, add a stalk or two to the gauva's when you first boil them, it helps with the setting of any fruit jams or jellies. cgvl - 2019-05-01 14:21:00 |
| 3 | I mushed up my very ripe guavas by hand, added sugar and left it in the fridge overnight. The next day I added a little water and cooked it. That had plenty of pectin. I just added a little bit of lemon juice for flavour when I was cooking it. Not sure if that helps. marcs - 2019-05-02 22:45:00 |
| 4 | Maybe you are not cooking it hot enough. It has to come to a full 'rolling' boil, same as jam, or it won't set. Once it starts to get very hot it is necessary to stir or it will burn. Maybe use a jam thermometer to tell you when it has come to temperature. Use the jam temperature on the thermometer. I'm big on thermometers. However, failing that I'll post Aunt Daisy's recipe which has never failed me yet. buzzy110 - 2019-05-03 12:55:00 |
| 5 | GUAVA JELLY - Sorry it is in imperial. Use Google to convert Method: Then she goes on to talk about covering with wax. You can seal however you want buzzy110 - 2019-05-03 13:01:00 |
| 6 | I made it last year and I got told to use a mix of fully ripe to half ripe guavas, the unripe ones have more pectin. I did this, still didnt quite set so I added a sachet of the jam setting mix you can get from supermarkets. It worked perfectly. On my last jar now ( i did give most of it away and it was very popular) dibble35 - 2019-05-03 14:02:00 |
| 7 | Put it in the microwave keep it on a rolling boil, it will set. If theres any crab apples around, add those to the original boil next time. vomo2 - 2019-05-10 21:20:00 |
