Hi all,
We picked a bunch of elderberries + blackberries and plan to make them into jam. I ordered some jars off amazon, but weirdly only half of them are coming today and the other half are coming tomorrow.
We will need both amounts of jars. I really don't want to wait 48hrs+ from picking to making the jam because I think they'll start to go mouldy. Is it possible to jar what we can fit, then freeze the rest. And then tomorrow when we have the rest of the jars to reheat the frozen jam and then jar the rest?
TLDR
For storing the fruit we've layered it all in a bowl with sugar and covered with cling film.
We picked a bunch of elderberries + blackberries and plan to make them into jam. I ordered some jars off amazon, but weirdly only half of them are coming today and the other half are coming tomorrow.
We will need both amounts of jars. I really don't want to wait 48hrs+ from picking to making the jam because I think they'll start to go mouldy. Is it possible to jar what we can fit, then freeze the rest. And then tomorrow when we have the rest of the jars to reheat the frozen jam and then jar the rest?
TLDR
- Picked Elderberries + Blackberries Sunday
- Make Jam Monday + jar as much as we can
- freeze leftover jam
- More jars arrive Tuesday, reheat frozen jam and jar the rest
- Is this ok?
For storing the fruit we've layered it all in a bowl with sugar and covered with cling film.
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