For the first challenge I have completed for Food in Jars I could not resist but make lavender and lime jelly. This pairs perfectly with both sweet and savoury dishes.
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There are some tasks that I tend to put off until I absolutely have to do them. One of them is filing. I have a stacking drawer system above my desk and the paperwork gets sorted into that before it gets filed. About a year ago I needed to find a document and while I was searching I decided to shove all the papers into a file. This was about 5 years of filing and took me very little time, mainly because I did not sort anything out. Then 6 months ago I needed to find another document and I took the time to sort the file out. I now have the documents sorted into categories making it easier for me to locate old invoices. This is for a property I manage and jointly own. My personal filing is more up-to-date as I tend to get to it more often.
Today’s inspiration ♥ Recipe For Lavender And Lime Jelly ♥ can be found on Lavender and Lime #fijchallenge Share on X
I cannot say the same for my Receiver of Revenue papers. I decided to get on top of things the other day and found papers going back to June 2014. We only need to keep documents for 5 years so they are closer to being chucked out than needing to be stored. My business filing tends to get done on a need to basis, usually around the end of the financial year or when the drawer is too full. The task of making my lavender and lime jelly was also put off until the very last minute. I am usually far better organized with my recipe testing but I am still too far behind right now to be blogging more than a few days in advance. With only three weeks left before we head overseas I am going to have to change that! In the meantime I shall savour this jelly.
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Lavender And Lime Jelly
Ingredients
for the reserved liquid
- 10 mls dried lavender petals
- Boiling water
for the jelly
- 250 mls reserved liquid
- 2 limes, juice and finely grated zest
- 190 g fructose
- 10 g apple pectin
Method
for the reserved liquid
- Place the petals into a large jar and cover with boiling water
- Seal the jar and leave overnight
for the jelly
- Strain through a muslin cloth and reserve the liquid
- Place 250mls of the reserved liquid into a sauce pan
- Add the lime juice, zest and fructose
- Bring to the boil over a medium temperature, stirring until the fructose dissolves
- Remove 60mls of the liquid and add the pectin to make a slurry
- Add this to the sauce pan and whisk in
- Reduce the temperature and leave to simmer
- When the temperature of your jelly reached 104° Celsius) remove from the heat
- Place into a sterilized glass jar
- Leave to cool before sealing and storing in the fridge
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This sounds delightful, Tandy! Lavender can be a bit strong sometimes, but with lime? Perfect!
Thanks Krista 🙂
Oh I had to laugh at this :). EVERY new year I tell myself I’ll be better about filing papers in an organized way (so I can find them when I need them, hello Kelsie) and EVERY year I forget that promise by the middle of January. I think I might make some jelly and eat my feelings–I love the idea of lavender and lime jelly! This looks divine.
Kelsie, I am with you on this one! My good filing intentions last a few minutes at the most 🙂
This sounds like a really interesting combination, Tandy. I have never tried to make jam but there is always a first time.
I love making jams as I can experiment with flavours 🙂
Oh course you had to do lavender and lime 😀 In my very first jobs I have hellish filing jobs.
I don’t envy you that Eveylne 🙂
Wow, this looks great!!! Do you have any recipes for rose jelly??? – http://www.domesticgeekgirl.com
Take a look at my recipe for nasturtium jelly. That works out perfectly 🙂
A beautiful recipe.
Thank you Liz 🙂
Hi Tandy, sounds like we are on the same page once again, great minds think alike. Lavender and lime sounds like perfection and of coarse your namesake;)
Thanks Cheri 🙂
Perfect way to answer the challenge – your namesake!
Thanks Tammy 🙂
This really is your recipe! What beautiful flavours together. I haven’t tried a jelly like this before. I love your recipes Tandy.
Thank you so much for the compliment Jem 🙂
Lavender and lime sound like a lovely pairing, Tandy. I am sure the jelly tastes delicious.
It really is good Anu 🙂