Windfall apple jelly


Windfall apple jelly
This jelly is an excellent way to make use of all those unripe apples that have dropped off the tree.

They (or rather, their juice) makes a delicious jelly with a very delicate flavour.

As these apples are green and generally tart, we need to use a little more gelling agent than for a normal jelly recipe.
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Last modified on: August 19th 2021

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For 3 kg, you will need:
  • 1 apple 5 kgs apple
  • 2 lemon 2 lemons
  • 3 granulated sugar 200 g granulated sugar
  • 4 jam gelling agent 120 g jam gelling agent
  • 5 granulated sugar 1 kg 800 g granulated sugar
  • Total weight: 7,380 grams

Change these quantities to make: 500 g 750 g 1 kg 500 g 3 kg 4 kg 500 g
How long will it take?
Time required for this recipe:
PreparationCookingStart to finish
43 min.15 min.58 min.
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Step by step recipe


Stage 1 - 5 min.
Windfall apple jelly
Collect up all your fallen apples. It doesn't matter if they are still green, bruised or have been attacked by little creatures - rescue whatever you can!

Stage 2 - 2 min.
Windfall apple jelly
Rinse them briefly.

Stage 3 - 5 min.
Windfall apple jelly
Cut into quarters and discard any bad parts.

You may well have plenty to reject and the apples will turn brown rapidly. This is quite normal.

Stage 4 - 15 min.
Windfall apple jelly
Put all the apple pieces through a centrifugal juicer. You will need 1000g of juice to make 1.5 kg (just over 3 and a quarter pounds) of jelly, to which you will add the juice of 2 lemons.

Skim off all the froth carefully, then leave the juice in the fridge for about 30 minutes to settle. You will see that a deposit has formed at top and another at the bottom.

Note: if you do not get the 1000g of apple juice, you will have to adapt your sugar and gelling weight, you can do it automatically with this little calculator:
Apple juice : grams

Stage 5 - 2 min.
Windfall apple jelly
Discard the top deposit and pour the juice into a large saucepan, stopping before you get to the deposit at the bottom. Discard this as well.

Stage 6 - 2 min.
Windfall apple jelly
Mix 200 g granulated sugar and 120 g jam gelling agent in a bowl, using a whisk.

Stage 7 - 2 min.
Windfall apple jelly
Sieve 1 kg 800 g granulated sugar into another bowl.

Stage 8 - 5 min.
Windfall apple jelly
Bring the apple juice to the boil.

Stage 9 - 1 min.
Windfall apple jelly
Tip in the sugar+setting agent mixture in one go.

Stage 10 - 3 min.
Windfall apple jelly
Bring back to the boil, whisking gently.

Stage 11 - 1 min.
Windfall apple jelly
Add 1 kg 800 g granulated sugar all at once.

Stage 12 - 7 min.
Windfall apple jelly
Bring back to the boil, whisking gently, then leave to boil for 2 minutes.

Stage 13 - 2 min.
Windfall apple jelly
Pour the jelly into jars (still liquid at this stage).

Stage 14 - 2 min.
Windfall apple jelly
Screw on the lids.

Stage 15 - 2 min.
Windfall apple jelly
Turn the jars upside down so that the trapped air passes through the scalding hot jelly, which will sterilize it the simplest way.

Stage 16 - 2 min.
Windfall apple jelly
Stand the jars right way up and leave to cool.

Stage 17
Windfall apple jelly
You can now enjoy your delicious apple jelly.
Remarks
For this recipe, it is very important to respect the proportions of apples : sugar : setting agent, so it is worth noting that you should use 1000g juice to 1000g sugar and 50g gelling agent.

You can mix different varieties of apples; this will give your jelly a more pronounced flavour.
Source
Home made.
Nutritional information
Whole recipe
Energetic valueProteins CarbohydratesFats
11,134 Kcal or 46,616 Kj18 gr2,728 gr15 gr
557 %7 %257 %2 %
Per 100 g
Energetic valueProteins CarbohydratesFats
151 Kcal or 632 Kj< 1 gr37 gr< 1 gr
8 %<1 %3 %<1 %
% are calculated relative to a Recommended Dietary Intake or RDI of 2000 k-calories or 8400 k-joules by day for a woman (change to a man).
How much will it cost?
  • For 3 kg : 11.22 €

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Note: Be careful, these prices are only an estimate, you can consult the table of prices by ingredients used for this estimate.
This recipe uses (among others)
AppleApple: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Toffee apple upside-down cake, Lemon and grated apple tart, Little apple and verbena tarts, Rice pudding with fruit and nuts, Tyrolean apple crumble, ... All
Granulated sugarGranulated sugar: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Diamond biscuits, Quince paste, Fruit paste : Blackcurrant, Kouign-amann brioche, Candied grapefruit peel, ... All
Jam gelling agentJam gelling agent: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Passion fruit jellies, Fruit paste : Blackcurrant, Apricot jelly, Apricot jam with vanilla, Apple paste, ... All
LemonLemon: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Endives "bonne femme", Citrus syrup, Glazed mushrooms with plain rice, Sliced veal with leeks and mushrooms, Koulibiak in pie dish, ... All
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