Kudzu Blossom Jelly

Submitted by mollypaul

"Kudzu blooms the end of July through September. It has attractive bunches of delicate purple flowers with a fragrance reminiscent of grapes which may be used to make a unique jelly to spoon over cream cheese, or melt and serve over waffles and ice cream. Make sure picking area has not been sprayed with chemicals to kill the kudzu. Overnight steeping is not included in the preparation time. Posted in response to a forum topic."

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photo by Turtle Mama

Ready In:: 35mins
Ingredients:: 5
Yields:: 6 Half Pints
Serves:: 36

ingredients

4 cups kudzu blossoms (make sure that they haven't been sprayed with chemicals)
4 cups boiling water
1 tablespoon lemon juice
1 (1 3/4 ounce) package powdered fruit pectin
5 cups sugar

directions

Wash kudzu blossoms with cold water, drain well and place them in a large bowl.
Pour 4 cups boiling water over blossoms, and refrigerate 8 hours or overnight.
Strain liquid through a colander into a Dutch oven, discarding blossoms.
Add lemon juice and pectin; bring to a full rolling boil over high heat, stirring constantly.
Stir in sugar; return to a full rolling boil, and boil, stirring constantly, 1 minute.
Remove from heat; skim off foam with a spoon.
Quickly pour jelly into hot, sterilized jars; filling to 1/4 inch from top.
Wipe jar rims.
Cover at once with metal lids, and screw on bands.
Process in boiling water bath 5 minutes.
Cool jars on wire racks.
NOTE: Blossom liquid is gray until lemon juice is added.

Questions & Replies

CAN YOU FREEZE THE BLOSSOM THEN LATER MAKE KUDZU JAM

doug t.
How long can you save the kudzu flower "juice" (if refrigerated)? I often cannot make my jelly immediately. Thanks for any advice!

nicolle l.

Reviews

This is amazing! So unique and very tasty!!!!!!!

Turtle Mama
Makes a great jelly - Beautiful color - Great Taste! Very easy recipe.

Notso
Nice Recipe worked out great and the taste was wonderful. Thanks

kudzu
Being a Georgia Gal, I have made Kudzu jelly for years and it is delicious. I will be working on the Splenda version this summer, but this one is awesome!

Georgia On My Mind.
I would drive by and smell the sweet smell of kudzu, and now I can eat it! What a great flavor! My jelly, for some reason which I do not know, did not set up, but that's okay, cause I will be adding it to lemonade as a syrup! This would be great over pancakes too! Thank you for posting this recipe! :)

Sharon123