Lemon Aspen berries & juice

[sculpi]

Not sure if this is the right place for this but here i go.
I have a big Lemon aspen tree that has a lot of fruit each year but I am never sure how to preserve it other than freezing and i have a small freezer. Does anyone have a recipe for chutney or jam or conserves that I could make up and at least give to friends to share before the bower birds get them all in the Spring?
thanks
Leila

[Shalem]

LEMON ASPEN JELLY



On the jar below, it states this Lemon Aspen Jelly is used like jam and tastes like lemon butter.

To both husband & I, it tasted sort of like a lime jam, with a hint of mixed peel taste or a very slight tartness to bitterness.

Jellies are made with the juice of the fruit rather than the pulp. If one day, I might consider wanting to make my own lemon aspen jelly, I could use commercial Lemon Aspen Juice from a store nearby to me that sells it, but the problem I'd have is how much to use as I don't feel there's accurate or helpful information on this, without digging deeper. It would be the same issue for me, were I to squeeze my own juice form Lemon Aspen Berries, which I'm unwilling to do, based on what I've posted on this previously in this topic.



Total ingredients on jar: Lemon Aspen, water, sugar, pectin.

COMMERCIAL LEMON ASPEN PRODUCTS

There may be additional products on the Australian market, but so far, I've come across whole Lemon Aspen berries, Lemon Aspen Juice, ground Lemon Aspen & Lemon Aspen Jelly for sale.

[sculpi]

Thank you for that. They dont get ripe till mid winter but I will look for some recipes of that nature and see how they go

[Shalem]

GARDENING AUSTRALIA MAGAZINE

In June 2011 Gardening Australia Magazine, there is a good photo of Lemon Aspen fruit on page 66.

These look very different to the ones in the photo I posted further up in this topic. I don't know anyone who owns a Lemon Aspen tree, & haven't gone searching for photos, so the magazine is only the 2nd time I've seen Lemon Aspens. (The magazine one looks to be more of the indicative fruit).

I'm glad my in-laws bought this magazine subscription for my husband, or I may never have seen these fruit straight from the tree, & I don't think they look like those ones I posted! In a way, the ones in the magazine photo look like little yellow pumpkins. What an interesting looking, beautiful berry fruit these ones are in the magazine.

The magazine has this to say about them: "Plant a Lemon aspen (Acronychia acidula) now if you live in a frost-free area. The small white fruit have a strong citrus-like tang that can be used as a unique substitute for citrus in all kinds of recipes. The fruit reputedly have strong antioxidant properties....".

White fruit hey? I thought they were yellow looking at the photo further above.

[Shalem]

There is also an excellent photo of lemon aspen berries & leaves in Andrew fielke's website www.andrewfielke.com. Wait for the photo slideshow. Since I've never seen these berries off its bush live in person, I found this photo really interesting. He also has other excellent photos of Australian native foods if you're interested.