Preserving equipment and Sterilising jars and
By
Clare Chambers
@CerebralChasm
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Rather than trying to give directions on how to sterilise jars and lids with every preserve recipe I thought to give it its own 'recipe'
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Ingredients
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·maslin pan
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·jar wrench
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·oven gloves
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·wooden spoon
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·ceramic or other good quailty sharp knife
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·peg
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·tea towel
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·kitchen paper
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·seive
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·small plates
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·teaspoon
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·bowl
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·chopping board (wooden if you are using a ceramic knife
How to Make Preserving equipment and Sterilising jars and
- To sterilise jars: Rinse jars in hot water and stand upside down on a baking tray. Place in centre of the oven and bake for 30 minutes at 180C. Remove jars from oven just before jelly is ready and place upright on tea-towel on work surface. - use good quality oven gloves when handling the jars.
I highly recommend the use of a jar wrench to hold and lift the jars. *see step 3 - <------ My wonderful ceramic knife and olive wood chopping board.
If you are purchasing a ceramic knife buy a good quality one where the blade is deeper than the handle as this enables you to chop fruit and veg with ease. A lot of ceramic knives have a deeper handle than the blade which means you either have to chop using only the edge of the chopping board or you can not cut all the way through the item