jam, they buy it at the supermarket.” However, Christine was determined She tricked her dad into letting her put her jars of jam in the display window “just as a decoration.” She knew that soon enough customers would ask to buy them For the MOF competition I was required to make a jam combining a fruit and a flower I went to Niedermorschwihr and with Christine’s help I developed a muscat grape jam flavored with rose petals For my MOF project, she and her assistants seeded 10 pounds of Alsatian Muscat grapes, checking each one in the light to make sure that no seeds were left With her help and guidance we came up with a magical result I will never forget that moment in my career and will always be grateful for her precious help JACQUY’S TAKEAWAYS >> Jam making is fun, but it takes practice to know when you’ve reduced enough water without burning the fruit or if you overcooked it, making the jam too stiff If you fail to reduce the liquid enough, the jam will mold in the jar If you make jam that is too stiff but has not burned you can rectify it by making a smaller runny batch, and heating the stiff batch with the runny batch Test the combined batches on the cold plate as instructed in the recipe ... reduced enough water without burning the fruit or if you overcooked it, making the jam too stiff If you fail to reduce the liquid enough, the jam will mold in the jar If you make jam that is too stiff... you can rectify it by making a smaller runny batch, and heating the stiff batch with the runny batch Test the combined batches on the cold plate as instructed in the recipe ... developed a muscat grape jam flavored with rose petals For my MOF project, she and her assistants seeded 10 pounds of Alsatian Muscat grapes, checking each one in the light to make sure that no seeds were left