How to Do a Setting Test for Jam

Prepare the jam according to your given recipe., Take a small portion of the jam that is cooking (use a wooden spoon)., Wash your hands and dry them.

3 Steps 1 min read Easy

Step-by-Step Guide

  1. Step 1: Prepare the jam according to your given recipe.

    Follow the instructions to know the time by which the jam requires testing for setting.
  2. Step 2: Take a small portion of the jam that is cooking (use a wooden spoon).

    Place this portion onto a clean, cold saucer plate.

    Leave the jam to cool. , Using a clean, dry finger, draw a line through the middle of the jam on the saucer to create a "channel":
    If the channel remains in place, the jam has set.

    If the jam oozes back inwards to rejoin the broken halves, more cooking time is needed.
  3. Step 3: Wash your hands and dry them.

Detailed Guide

Follow the instructions to know the time by which the jam requires testing for setting.

Place this portion onto a clean, cold saucer plate.

Leave the jam to cool. , Using a clean, dry finger, draw a line through the middle of the jam on the saucer to create a "channel":
If the channel remains in place, the jam has set.

If the jam oozes back inwards to rejoin the broken halves, more cooking time is needed.

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