Hi Lauren,
I look forward to hearing replies for this one! In the past, my jam made with fresh pineapple wouldn't set up, and i never knew why :-(
Thanks,
Glad

I don't have an answer for the jam, but just recently discovered if you put fresh pineapple in jello it won't set up either!! :+(

Canned works fine.........

Deanna (who's NOT a scientist!)

The combination sounds great. With grape jam, I add 6 cups of sugar to 8 cups of grapes. It would work out to 6 3/4 cups sugar for 9 cups of fruit. I don't know if you would need to add pectin or not. I don't know if the jam would set up otherwise.

Instead of all the added sugar. I prefer to use canned, frozen, grape concentrate. This has no added sugar and will help increase sweetness and flavor. If the jelly is a lear type, white grape juice concentrate or apple juice concentrate can also work well. Soon, I plan to make some grape jelly and use Splenda and Pomona pectin. The last batch was fantastic and was gone in no time.

Hey Ken! Do you know if you can thicken FRESH pineapple with Pomona's??? I haven't tried that one.

Pomona will need to be cooked and the pineapple will need to be cooked. So yes, it will work quite well. If you have ever added fresh cut pineapple to jello, you will realize that its not a good combination. As it turns out the jello will break down quickly and turn to liquid if fresh pineapple is mixed into it. Your making a pineapple jam, I must assume. Pomona, like any other pectin must be dissolved in the liquid its added to, and the only way that can be done is by boiling the liquid.

Regarding Pineapple having problems with jam setting: Growing up in Hawaii we always made Papaya-Pineapple Jam. It was cooked a bit, and mostly we didn't use pectin, and it always set ... but it wasn't super thick and stiff. But very, very good. You might want to check out that recipe here, and see if it helps you. It sounds like a nice combination, and I think Apricot-Pineapple sounds good, too.

Here is a link that might be useful: Hawaii Department of Agriculture - Papayas

Tropical fruit spread.. Pineapple, mango, papaya, and passion fruit (or juices). And made into a spread..

Mmmmmmmmmm. Sounds good!
Send me some when you get it made and I'll taste test for ya!! HA HA!
Deanna

My raspberries have been picked and are now frozen. Because I didn't have quite enough, I also picked a few leftover blueberries and some seedless grapes I was also growing. These will all go through my Villaware food strainer and thats when they get to become a seedless jam. Recently, I saw an interesting dried berry in Costco. Its called a Goji berry and the bag mentioned it was made with some pomagranite juice the Goji berries are soaked in. Its tart, and similar to appearance to dried cranberries (Craisins). I may also add a few of these goji berries to some of the red raspberry jam, and call that a mixed berry jam. The black raspberries I have are just now ripening too, so they also get into one of the batches.

I ended up making plain pineapple jam. I used surejell and it set up great! No problems at all! Lauren