Wine jelly
Wine jelly recipe in the canning category
Recipe ingredients:
- 2 cups wine
- 3 cups granulated sugar
- 1, 3 ounces, pouch liquid fruit pectin
Recipe method:
- For deep red jelly, use ruby port or robust red wine.
- For a soft rose colored jelly, choose a fruity rose such as Grenache Rose.
- If using white wines, use those with a faintly sweet or fruity flavor, such as Gewurztraminer. Berry or other fruit wines may also be used.
- For gift giving, ladle sparkling, jewel colored jellies into hot, sterilized, inexpensive wine glasses, then seal with paraffin.
- Mix wine and sugar in top of double boiler over rapidly boiling water.
- Cook, stirring constantly, about 3 minutes or until sugar is completely dissolved.
- Remove double boiler from heat, but let jelly remain over hot water.
- At once stir in liquid pectin and mix well.
- Skim off foam with a metal spoon.
- Quickly ladle into hot, sterilized jars or glasses, leaving 1/2 inch headspace. Seal.
- If using wine glasses, place a metal spoon in each hot glass before pouring in hot jelly to keep glass from breaking.
- Seal with a thin layer of paraffin.
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