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Preserving ideas needed for grapes
Posted: Tue Jul 21, 2009 7:48 pm
by Penny Lane
Hi all,
just wondering if anyone had any recipes for about a pound of red grapes? I tried making a jam with green grapes a couple of years ago and it failed terribly!
Have looked in my lovely preserve book but the only recipe they can suggest is a syrup and I'd like to do a bit better than that.
Thanks,
Penny
Re: Preserving ideas needed for grapes
Posted: Wed Jul 22, 2009 6:19 am
by Millymollymandy
Ha ha when I read that I thought of the obvious one, but with only a pound it probably wouldn't go very far!
Couldn't you just eat them as is or put them in salad or fruit salad?
Re: Preserving ideas needed for grapes
Posted: Wed Jul 22, 2009 6:47 am
by becks77
Wine, cordial,syrup,jelly?
Re: Preserving ideas needed for grapes
Posted: Wed Jul 22, 2009 8:25 am
by ina
becks77 wrote:Wine, cordial,syrup,jelly?
A pound of grapes wouldn't get you very far on any of those - maybe on jar of jelly... What's wrong with eating them? Least waste, best nutrition.
Re: Preserving ideas needed for grapes
Posted: Wed Jul 22, 2009 8:57 am
by Odsox
No help to you I'm afraid, but I have just bought a seedless green grape vine.
The plan is to dry the grapes to make my own sultanas as I eat a LOT of home made cake.
I tried it with a bunch of bought grapes and it worked very well and produced sultanas with a refreshing sharp tang.
Re: Preserving ideas needed for grapes
Posted: Thu Jul 23, 2009 4:23 pm
by Penny Lane
Thanks for the suggestions folks.
Ina, the grapes came from a crate that was given to us, the lb was the best I could get & I don't think they'll last long!
I'll give jam another go then
cheers
Re: Preserving ideas needed for grapes
Posted: Fri Aug 14, 2009 12:19 pm
by grahamhobbs
I've never tried it but traditionally bunches of grapes were preserved by putting the stalk into a bottle of water and kept in a cool place, this way the grapes would keep for several months.