Cape Gooseberry & Passionfruit Jam

[wellie]

Cape Gooseberry & Passionfruit Jam

Fed up with my previous rather pathetic attempts at making jam with Cape Goosegogs, I've combined two recipes, to make one recipe that actually worked for me!

Whizz 1kg Ripe Cape Gooseberries (unripe are poisonous!) on the 'pulse' setting of a food-processor till broken up but not pureed. Transfer to preserving pan with about quarter pint water. Bring to the boil, then simmer, covered, for 10 mins.

Add pulp of 4 ripe Passionfruits, and the juice of 2 Lemons to the pan, along with 1kg Jam Sugar (the one with added Pectin).

Bring all of this to a rolling boil (stirring occasionally) and boil rapidly for between 5 and 10 mins.

Looks pretty with all the seeds suspended in the jar as it's setting, and I bet you never find THIS jam in the shops, as it would be too expensive to make!

(Just finished licking the pan out - it's gorgeous!)

[wanna-be-gardener]

Jam

Hi there Wellie,
Im in a bit of a jam myself.... i have a lovely passion flower growing in my garden, i dont know which veriety as i didnt plant it. However i have hunted on the web to see if i can eat the fruits as there are lots and lots. All i have found is that altho they wont hurt me they dont really taste great. I was thinking of making jam with them as maybe a little sugar would help. This brings me to this website and your post.
My question really was do you have a recipe for passion fruit jam alone? If not maybe i'll try the one with gooseberries.
Thanks so much
Wanna-be-gardener

[wellie]

Oh my goodness, I've only just found your question, I'm so sorry! and unfortunately I'm in the middle of making homemade tomato ketchup. Can I talk to you later? Promise to get back to you, honest I will. XX

[di]

OOOH Wellie luv you now in demand!!Query above re are all passion fruit edible(not gonna kill me!!Or worse my kiddies!)Mine have the blo joggs flower you see in most gardens~pretty white & purple~does it sound edible?~can't take a pic as flowrs are now fruit!(& it's a bit dark!)

[wellie]

Oh my gorgeous girlies.... I think you'll find the answer is a NO?
You can definitely shoot me if I'm wrong though....!
I did take my life in my hands to combine Cape Gooseberries and PassionFruit into a Jam in the first instance a year ago, and I've recently 'thickened' it with some bottled pectin (for Show purposes) but will be consuming it real soon anyway.

The Passionfruits that I put in my jam were from the supermarket, the fruits with loads of seeds in. Do not be tempted to try and make jam from Passionfruits, or their flowers, from your own garden. Any anyway, you won't find diddly-swat recipes in any of your books for a jam with them in either. And I doubt that they contain a single ounce of pectin to set a jam from here to timbucktoo.

But did I burst your bubble there? I hope not. There are lovely things that you CAN add Passionfruit Seeds and Flesh to. Just take good advice though. Internet research would serve you superbly well.
Personally, I like to experiment with stuff. If I find a recipe that I think could work for us, I take it proverbially 'with a pinch of salt', and then add another one, for good measure.

[wellie]

Oh my gorgeous girlies.... I think you'll find the answer is a NO?
You can definitely shoot me if I'm wrong though....!
I did take my life in my hands to combine Cape Gooseberries and PassionFruit into a Jam in the first instance a year ago, and I've recently 'thickened' it with some bottled pectin (for Show purposes) but will be consuming it real soon anyway.

The Passionfruits that I put in my jam were from the supermarket, the fruits with loads of seeds in. Do not be tempted to try and make jam from Passionfruits, or their flowers, from your own garden. Any anyway, you won't find diddly-swat recipes in any of your books for a jam with them in either. And I doubt that they contain a single ounce of pectin to set a jam from here to timbucktoo.

But did I burst your bubble there? I hope not. There are lovely things that you CAN add Passionfruit Seeds and Flesh to. Just take good advice though. Internet research would serve you superbly well.
Personally, I like to experiment with stuff. If I find a recipe that I think could work for us, I take it proverbially 'with a pinch of salt', and then add another one, for good measure.

[wellie]

Oh my gorgeous girlies.... I think you'll find the answer is a NO?
You can definitely shoot me if I'm wrong though....!
I did take my life in my hands to combine Cape Gooseberries and PassionFruit into a Jam in the first instance a year ago, and I've recently 'thickened' it with some bottled pectin (for Show purposes) but will be consuming it real soon anyway.

The Passionfruits that I put in my jam were from the supermarket, the fruits with loads of seeds in. Do not be tempted to try and make jam from Passionfruits, or their flowers, from your own garden. Any anyway, you won't find diddly-swat recipes in any of your books for a jam with them in either. And I doubt that they contain a single ounce of pectin to set a jam from here to timbucktoo.

But did I burst your bubble there? I hope not. There are lovely things that you CAN add Passionfruit Seeds and Flesh to. Just take good advice though. Internet research would serve you superbly well.
Personally, I like to experiment with stuff. If I find a recipe that I think could work for us, I take it proverbially 'with a pinch of salt', and then add another one, for good measure.

[di]

think we got the message me dear!!

[wellie]

serves the internet company right for being so s***ing slow. Because actually, I posted that at least 8 times before they took any notice.....

[di]

Promise i won't be using my garde fruits!!Night night!x

[Hilary B]

To the best of my understanding the garden fruits are perfectly safe to use, and no greater difference from 'bought' ones than between the apple tree in your garden and the 'self-seeded' semi-crab apple in the hedgerow (where someone threw away the core...) They may have a different flavour (not tried either myself, but I've met people who use the garden ones) as the 'feral' apples do.