pectin

Different recipes call for different kinds of pectin. (What is pectin, anyway? Find out here.) So what if you're all set and ready to make a pot of jam, and your recipe calls for liquid pectin, but you only have dry? Can you substitute them?

Commercial pectin is in fact derived from natural sources, usually apples or citrus rinds. However, they’re pretty opaque about how it’s made, so we cannot know if they pass the Unprocessed sniff test. Fortunately, you can make your own.

Do you love making homemade jams and jellies? Do you enjoy squeezing every last penny out of your produce and mourn the waste of all those apple cores, rinds, seeds, and peels that go into the compost bin? Welcome to homemade pectin!

This pectin is used when you make a citrus jam or marmalade. It is simple or should I say as simple as you make it.