Cherry (makes 6 cups)
2.5 # bag of frozen (and pitted) pie cherries
1/2 teaspoon butter
3 cups sugar
1 package Sure-Jell Light
Orange (makes 5 cups)
12-oz can frozen orange juice concentrate
2.6 cups water
3 cups sugar
1/2 teaspoon butter
1 package Sure-Jell Light
(Cook for longer than time given in Sure-Jell recipe; test doneness by cooling a bit rapidly by placing 1/2 tsp of jelly into a small cup that's been sitting in the freezer. Also, skim foam before pouring into jars!!)
Hawaiian Punch (makes 7 cups)
12-oz can frozen apple-passionfruit-mango juice concentrate
6-oz can frozen apple-kiwi-strawberry juice concentrate
3 cups water
1/2 teaspoon butter
4 cups sugar
1 package Sure-Jell Light
(Make according to direction in pectin-box, except make the last boil 90 seconds instead of 60 seconds.)
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Do you have a recipe for Concord grapes? I have a whole large ziploc bag full of them in the freezer.
ReplyDeleteThe Sure-Jell Light (in the pink box) has recipes for grape jelly and grape jam. The jelly recipe calls for smooshing up 5# of grapes in a saucepan, adding two cups of water, and simmering for 10 minutes. Then you strain the juice out. You're supposed to be careful not to get any pulp in it, so that your jelly will be clear like a jewel. Personally, I don't want mine clear, but more jammy and fruity.
ReplyDeleteThe grape jelly recipe is
5 1/2 cups juice
3 1/2 cups sugar
1 box Sure-Jell Light
I prefer grape jam, but the recipe for that looks like a huge pain. You have to peel the skins off the grapes, smash up the pulp and boil it, sieve out the seeds, chop the skins, and return the skins to the pulp. Yikes! What I did for my bestest grape jam/jelly ever was to use a juicer. It's the kind of juicer that makes carrot juice. I put the grapes through it, then took the leftover pulp and ran it through the juicer another time or two. Then I averaged the amounts in the jam recipe and the jelly recipe. It made a MESS, and I was glad that I was doing it in the backyard, wearing a humongous apron. But boy oh boy, was it good jam!
I was looking to use up the strawberry and kiwi in my refrigerator by making some jam or jelly. I assume jam is better because I too like the pulp. However, I don't seem to find any recipe. I will use the kiwi recipe and add some strawberries to fill out the three cups of fruit I need. Hope it works. I like that your recipe for jelly using kiwi-strawberry juice is called hawaiian punch!
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