Jams and Jellies
Peach Marmelade
6 lbs. peaches
6 lbs. sugar
2 oranges
1 12 oz. (375ml) bottle cherries
Skin peaches and cut in small pieces. Put oranges through food processor and cut cherries in small pieces. Mix all ingredients and boil until thick.
Hot Red Pepper Jelly
2 1/4 cups sweet red pepper, put through food chopper
5 1/2 cups white sugar
3 Tbsps. grated orange rind
1/4 cup orange juice
1 1/4 cups white vinegar
1 tsp. Tabasco sauce
2 pouches Certo
Bring peppers, orange rind, juice, sugar and vinegar
to a boil in a dutch oven, stirring often. Remove from
heat and let sit for 10 minutes. Reheat to boiling and
let boil hard for five minutes, stirring often. Remove
from stove, stir in Tabasco sauce and certo. Stir often for
five minutes, skimming off any foam.
Pour into sterilized jars, seal with canning lids and bands. Process in boiling water for five minutes.
This jelly is delicious when spread on crackers which
have been covered with cream cheese.
Blackberry Apple
Jelly
Hull and crush blackberries. Extract juice through a jelly bag. You will need
2 cups blackberry juice
2 cups bottled or canned apple juice
7 1/4 cups sugar
2 pouches pectin
Use a large pot or dutch oven.
Put juice and sugar in pot and bring to a full rolling
boil, stirring constantly.
Stir in pectin and continue cooking until it boils
again and boil for one more minute.
Remove from heat and skim off foam.
Pour into
sterilized jars and cover with lids and rings.
When the jelly has cooled and the lids have popped,
store in a cool place.
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