Lemon Jelly
- Ready In:
- 30mins
- Ingredients:
- 6
- Yields:
-
5 cups
ingredients
- 1⁄2 cup lemon juice
- 1 tablespoon grated lemon zest
- 1 1⁄2 cups water
- 4 1⁄2 cups sugar
- 12 ounces liquid fruit pectin
- 3 -4 drops yellow food coloring
directions
- Combine lemon juice, lemon rind and water in a glass bowl and let stand for 10 minutes.
- Strain mixture into a large saucepan.
- Add sugar to juice mix and stir well.
- Bring to a hard boil over high heat, stirring constantly.
- Stir in fruit pectin.
- Bring back to full boil and cook for 1 minute, stirring constantly.
- Remove from heat.
- Stir in food coloring.
- Skim off foam with metal spoon.
- Ladle into hot sterilized jars (I run mine through the dishwasher).
- Cover immediately with 1/8 inch hot paraffin.
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RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
Cathleen Colbert
Bakersfield, CA
Strangely enough, I've become a better cook to lose weight. I joined eDiets and lost 100 pounds. Now I'm on the look out for tasty recipes that are easy to fix (I teach and often don't get home until after 5PM).
In addition to my kitchen, my favorite place is my garden. I have a combination flower/herb/veggie garden and love to grow a variety of vintage or unusual plants.
Because I teach I actually DO get a month off. I get up early to garden, sleep the hot afternoons away, then cook, read and watch movies.
My favorite cookbooks are Crazy Plates and Looneyspoons. They are full of delicious, lowfat recipes with tons of trivia and humor.
I teach science in a converted home ec kitchen. I love to use food as a teaching tool - making cheese to teach enzyme action, pickles to teach osmosis and diffusion, fudge to demonstrate igneous rock formation.
I love kitchen gadgets, KitchenAid, Le Creuset cookware and my cats.