Cranberry-Pepper Jelly (Hot)
photo by CoolMonday
- Ready In:
- 1hr 15mins
- Ingredients:
- 6
- Yields:
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5 1/2 pt jars
ingredients
- 2 -4 jalapeno peppers, halved & seeded
- 1 1⁄2 cups cranberry juice cocktail
- 1 cup vinegar
- 5 cups sugar
- 3 ounces liquid fruit pectin
- 5 small fresh red hot peppers (optional)
directions
- In medium saucepan combine jalapeño peppers, cranberry juice and vinegar.
- Bring to a boil and then reduce heat.
- Cover and simmer 10 minutes.
- Strain mixture through a sieve, pressing with back of spoon to remove all liquid.
- Measure 2 cups liquid.
- Discard pulp.
- In 4-quart kettle combine the 2 cups liquid and the sugar.
- Bring to a full rolling boil over high heat, stirring constantly.
- Stir in pectin and if using, add the whole hot peppers.
- Return to a full rolling boil; boil 1 minute, stirring constantly.
- Remove from heat and quickly skim off foam with a metal spoon.
- Ladle into hot, sterile 1/2-pint jars adding 1 whole pepper to each jar.
- Wipe rims, adjust lids.
- Process in boiling water bath for 5 minutes.
- Cool on wire rack.
- Jelly may require 2 to 3 days to set.
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Reviews
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This is really good jelly. I got about 5 and 2/3 half pint jars. I wanted it hot so I did not take the seeds out of the peppers when boiling for the first time and I think the heat is just right. I am letting the jars cool upside down in hopes that when I turn them back over the whole pepper will stay at the bottom of the jar for presentation reasons. Crossing my fingers and hoping this works. Thanks for the recipe!
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This jelly is awesome! I put the juice in the blender, then added the peppers and processed until they were very finely chopped. After dumping that in the pan I then rinsed the blender out with the vinegar and added it. I wanted the bits of pepper dispersed in the jelly, so that is why I omitted the straining. I also ground up a clove of garlic with the peppers - just because it sounded good. The jelly turned out just perfect. It jelled nicely. I added a bit of red food coloring to liven it up. Thanks, IB, for a really great recipe!
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Iron Bloomers
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