Quince Jelly issue

[HomeMade]

Hi Everyone,
I'm new at preserving and have been successful at making Kumquat marmalade but have ran into trouble with Quinces.
It's taken 3 days of processing my quince jelly and now i'm not sure it's edible.
First thing, I'm using the savory jelly recipe from Maggie of 'The Cook and the Chef' which calls for wine vinegar.
Second thing, the first time I canned it was not successful. It did not set after 24hrs. So I started all over.
I sterilized all jars, boiled the jelly for a further 15 minutes - this time the jelly was a lot thicker and darker. Bottled it and processed by using a water bath.
After I removed the 3 jars from the water, the content in the jars started 'boiling' creating a lot of bubbles on the surface (I thought the lids were going to blow). It all settled down after around 15 minutes.
Now, I have 3 jars of dark quince jelly that are tightly sealed with a layer of 0.5-1 cm of tinny bubbles on the surface.
What to do, is the content edible? Do I refrigerate and consume within a month or can I store it for longer?
Thanks in advance.

[Shadowgirlau]

Hi Homemade,
I don't have a lot of experience with quince jelly myself but, If the jars are tightly sealed then I don't think there will be a problem with them at all and you can store them as you would other jellies. Just be sure to check the contents of the jars when you open each one before use for signs of mould on top, which I doubt will be there if they are sealed anyway.

Kathleen

[fruitaholic]

may not be helpful - but many years ago Michael Body put a recipe in the canberra Times for Quince jelly - he claimed it was an ancient family recipe and never failed

i don't even know if Michael is still kicking - he used to live around ( I think) Bowning

he used to have a web site - in the very early days of the inter web

Im sure he had a recipe book out

Im not very helpful and trying to find michael body - seems to only turn up michael ajcksons body in google

Michael Body was an australian actor, gastronome, writer, raconteur - and even using those terms I cant find him in google

[HomeMade]

Thanks Kathleen, will be testing it tomorrow with some pork. We'll see if it's worth all the effort and if I'll be bothering with Quinces in future.
Fruitaholic - Maybe it's Michael Boddy?

[fruitaholic]

double d yes

[Shadowgirlau]

Speaking of quinces; I was given a few quinces yesterday and think I shall follow suit and make some quince paste. Quince paste is lovely with cheese.

Kathleen