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RosiePosie starts with ... My dad has a habit of buying fruit trees, planting them and then forgetting what they are! We can usually only find out what they are quite a few years later when (or if) they bear fruit. This was the case with our Yellow Mangosteen. We have a lovely mature tree that gets absolutely laden with fruit. They have a lovely tangy, sour but not too sour taste. They almost taste like a loquat. I searched the internet high and low for recipes and didn't come across many. I thought I'd branch out and try making jam without a recipe. The prep was a bit messy and time consuming but it turned out great!! Here's the recipe! Ingredients 5 cups yellow mangosteen pulp (skin and seeds removed***) from about 20 fruit 5 cups white sugar Method Put pulp in nice big pot. Mash it up a bit with a potato masher. Add sugar and mix. The mixture should be pretty thick already. Bring to the boil quickly and stir until sugar dissolves. Reduce heat slightly and continue to boil for about 30 minutes stirring occasionally to keep it from sticking. Test jam by putting a little on a plate and allowing it to cool. When jam is at your preferred consistency, remove from heat and cool for a few minutes. Pop it into some jars, seal and allow to cool! ENJOY! ***Pick fruit that is soft to the touch. To peel, use a sharp knife and cut out the stem and little pointy tail thing. Use the knife to peel off the skin. It comes off in little almost transparent strips. Now comes the messy bit...use your clean hands to separate the seeds from the flesh. I found that a good bit of lovely sweet flesh comes off the seeds when you gives them a good squishy squeeze with your hands. I think this step is actually pretty fun! The jam has a lovely deep yellow/orange colour and a different texture to other jams. It's pretty sweet, but what jam isn't? It still retains some of it's unusual flavour. You could probably make some sort of chutney from the pulp too. I'm thinking of picking as much fruit as I can and peeling and removing the seeds and freezing the pulp for future use. I've read it's also used instead of tamarind in some recipes. So there you have it! Rosie's Yellow Mangosteen Jam. Does anyone else have any uses or recipes for this lovely fruit?
| About the Author RosiePosie Hervey Bay 30th November 2011 6:18pm #UserID: 6195 Posts: 2 View All RosiePosie's Edible Fruit Trees |
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About the Author Nick T Altona, VIC 30th November 2011 6:32pm #UserID: 2663 Posts: 727 View All Nick T's Edible Fruit Trees |
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About the Author Theposterformerlyknownas Brisbane 30th November 2011 7:37pm #UserID: 3270 Posts: 1552 View All Theposterformerlyknownas's Edible Fruit Trees |
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RosiePosie says... Nick, I can get heaps of seeds but I'm not sure how I could get them to you...can you post seeds through Australia Post? Are there any laws concerning posting seeds interstate? If not, I can definitely post some. BJ, have you made the sorbet? I would love to know how! I've just prepared another 5 cups of flesh to make a chutney. I'm thinking a spicy mango chutney recipe would work well...I'll let you know how I go../ I'm going to have to see if I can get a hold of the rare fruit review. | About the Author RosiePosie Hervey Bay 2nd December 2011 4:09pm #UserID: 6195 Posts: 2 View All RosiePosie's Edible Fruit Trees |
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About the Author Nick T Altona, VIC 2nd December 2011 4:39pm #UserID: 2663 Posts: 727 View All Nick T's Edible Fruit Trees |
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trikus says... when making sorbet a sugar solution is used , some technical name for it I have forgotten ;-) but just proceed as for icecream in suitable machine and just use fruit and sugar solution .. grumichuma sorbet is excellent , as is soursop .. or the old hard way , whip up with beater , nearly freeze and whip again , repeat several times until light and fluffy .. while mdoing this you must hum the DEVO song , whip it , whip it good ..... | About the Author trikus tattered tropics 5th December 2011 11:31am #UserID: 5279 Posts: 121 View All trikus's Edible Fruit Trees |
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About the Author amanda19 Geraldton, Mid West WA 5th December 2011 1:12pm #UserID: 2309 Posts: 4607 View All amanda19's Edible Fruit Trees |
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About the Author trikus tattered tropics 7th December 2011 6:30pm #UserID: 5279 Posts: 121 View All trikus's Edible Fruit Trees |
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About the Author Nick T Altona, VIC 18th January 2012 11:52am #UserID: 2663 Posts: 727 View All Nick T's Edible Fruit Trees |
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