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    Grape-Plum Jelly


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    Macklinda

    List of Ingredients




    Grape-Plum Jelly


    3-l/2 lb. ripe plums
    3 lb. ripe Concord grapes
    1 cup water
    l/2 tsp. butter or margarine to reduce foaming (optional)
    8-l/2 cups sugar
    l box (l-3/4 oz.) powdered pectin

    Recipe





    PROCEDURE: Wash and pit plums; do not peel.
    Thoroughly crush the plums and grapes, one layer at a time, in a saucepan with water. Bring to a boil, cover, and simmer l0 minutes. Strain juice through a jelly bag or double layer of cheesecloth. Measure sugar and set aside.

    Combine 6-l/2 cups of juice with butter and pectin in large saucepan. Bring to a hard boil over high heat, stirring constantly. Add the sugar and return to a full rolling boil.
    Boil hard for l minute, stirring constantly.

    Remove from heat, quickly skim off foam, and fill hot, sterile jars, (see directions below for sterilizing jars) leaving l/4-inch headspace. Adjust lids and process.

    Sterilization of Empty Jars

    To sterilize empty jars, place them right side up on the rack in a boiling-water canner.
    \Fill the canner and jars with hot (not boiling) water to 1 inch above the tops of the jars.
    Boil 10 minutes at altitudes of less than 1,000 feet.
    At higher elevations, boil 1 additional minute for each additional 1,000 feet elevation.
    Remove and drain hot sterilized jars one at a time as filled.

 

 

 


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