) and followed all the instructions about sterilising and whatnot and my jar lid is still 'pop-py' and so hasn't sealed properly. It's fine - it's only one small jar I made, I'll take it to work and scoff it during this week. I was just wondering if it didn't seal because the apple butter wasn't hot enough - I made it in my slow cooker so it wasn't boiling hot. Is there a temperature that jams, chutneys, etc., have to get to in order to form the seal?Kilner jar query
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Le Mouse
Kilner jar query
I bought some wee Kilner jars recently, the ones with the separate seal and metal rim. I made apple butter yesterday from apples scrumped from next door's tree ( ) and followed all the instructions about sterilising and whatnot and my jar lid is still 'pop-py' and so hasn't sealed properly. It's fine - it's only one small jar I made, I'll take it to work and scoff it during this week. I was just wondering if it didn't seal because the apple butter wasn't hot enough - I made it in my slow cooker so it wasn't boiling hot. Is there a temperature that jams, chutneys, etc., have to get to in order to form the seal?
) and followed all the instructions about sterilising and whatnot and my jar lid is still 'pop-py' and so hasn't sealed properly. It's fine - it's only one small jar I made, I'll take it to work and scoff it during this week. I was just wondering if it didn't seal because the apple butter wasn't hot enough - I made it in my slow cooker so it wasn't boiling hot. Is there a temperature that jams, chutneys, etc., have to get to in order to form the seal?-
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Re: Kilner jar query
Over 95 to 100*C should kill the bugs, you should get a seal if you got the lid on while it was still that hot (basically I'd expect a seal to form as long as the food is too hot to touch) ..... Is the seal ring damaged ?
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Le Mouse
Re: Kilner jar query
The seal ring was fine. I think the food wasn't hot enough. I've had another go this evening, this time blackberry chutney made in a saucepan so it definitely got toasty enough! And I sterilised the jar in the oven rather than boiling it because it was easier to get it out of the oven on a tray then grapple with boiling water. I'll see how that goesForgeCorvus wrote:Over 95 to 100*C should kill the bugs, you should get a seal if you got the lid on while it was still that hot (basically I'd expect a seal to form as long as the food is too hot to touch) ..... Is the seal ring damaged ?
