Loquats

[stella]

Hi just taken the top off a tree in my garden and have picked about 10lbs of what I think are Loquats. They are yellow, sweet with 4 brown stones inside. Does anyone have any ideas of what to do with them? Will they make jam, they dont have alot of flavour just sweet juice. Im stuck

[sarraceniac]

loquat jam

240ml water
800g sugar
30g green ginger, peeled and grated
900g loquats (weighted after preparing)

Wash the fruit and remove the seeds (combine these in a muslin bag). Put the flesh of the fruit, the water and the bag of seeds in a pan. Bring to a boil, reduce to a simmer and cook until tender.

Remove the seed bag and stir-in the sugar and ginger. Bring the mixture to a boil and boil rapidly for 10 minutes. Test for setting at this time. If it's not ready boil for a further five minutes then test again. Remove any scum from the top of the jelly then pour into cleaned and sterilized jars that have been warmed in an oven set to 120�C. Seal securely and store.

Just one thing. The seeds contain traces of cyanide so make sure you do not leave any seeds in the jam. A few seeds would not kill even a child but could make them ill and vomit.

Rather you than me.

[stella]

Many thanks for that, jam made going to check for seeds again