Barberry Jelly
"A great jelly made from barberries"
- Ready In:
- 1hr
- Ingredients:
- 3
- Yields:
-
4 jars
ingredients
- 8 cups barberries
- 1 1⁄2 cups sugar, to each cup of juice
- 1 cup water
directions
- Use only fully ripened fruit.
- Wash and stem the fruit and measure 8 cups worth.
- Place the fruit into a saucepan and mash.
- Add 1 cup of cold water and cook over moderate heat till the juice starts to flow (up to 10 minutes).
- Strain the juice through a jelly bag, and for each cup of juice add 1½ cups of sugar.
- Place the juice in a deep saucepan and mix in the sugar.
- Place over a high heat and bring to a boil. Hold at the boil for 15 minutes or till the mixture passes the jell sheeting test.
- Stir the mixture constantly in order to prevent the bottom from burning.
- Remove the mixture, skim off the red foam and pour the jelly into hot sterilized jelly jars.
- Seal while hot.
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RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
Alia55
Canada
After several floods to my basement, I am starting to input all of the many many recipes that I've been collecting for years. I didn't realize just how many I had saved up... must make note to self.. step away from the cookbooks!
