I have an abundance of fruit and want to make jam...mango and/or papaya. I need to find Certo (helps set the jam). Has anyone seen it in any grocery store in Sosua/Cabarete. Or better yet, does anyone know of an alternative I can use?
Well I have never found certo or other similar product here.
I do have several boxes brought back on treips back to the states,,,,but even though I will not offer you mine, You can very well extract the pectin/pectin like substance from Passion fruit.
I have done it making passion fruit jelly and later experimenting for mango jam as well.
You can use modified clear corn starch from Amazon etc. I have used this for freezer jam. The idea here is that you freeze portions but you don't have to have sterile jars etc. and you can change the sweetness. Its used commercially for low sugar jam I believe.
Amazon will ship various grocery products: I get my favorite curry powder this way.
Apples have high pectin content but unripe is better and may be difficult t get here.
Yanandu
I have made mango jam and it did set quite well...I only used a small amount of sugar and boiled it slowly for about 5 minutes. I have an abundance of papaya right now and hoped for Certo to set it.
I haven't tried passion fruit jelly yet but would like to. Mr Silver Fox is diabetic so I don't like to use too much sugar and the store bought jams are mostly sugar.
