Mint jelly
This mint jelly is an easy recipe for a beginner in the art of preserves.
Ingredients
1 1⁄2 cups mint (firmly packed fresh mint leaves and stems, washed)
2 1⁄4 cups water
3 1⁄2 cups sugar
2 tablespoons lemon juice (it can be bottled lemon juice)
3 packages pectin (3 oz packets liquid pectin)
Instructions
- Chop the mint finely and stir with the water in a 2 quart sauce pan. Bring to a fast boil. Remove from heat, cover sauce pan and allow it to stand for ten minutes.
- Strain through three layers of cheese cloth or a jelly bag, saving the liquid. Add food coloring if using.
- Mix together 1 3/4 cups of the mint juice with lemon juice and sugar in a 4 quart saucepan.
- Over a high heat, bring to a boil, stirring frequently.
- Add the liquid pectin. Bring the mix to a full boil and allow boiling rapidly for a full minute.
- Remove from heat and skim off any foam.
Yield
3 servings
Preparation time
15 minutes
Cooking time
20 minutes
Total time
35 minutes