Apple Grape Jelly Recipes

APPLE GRAPE JELLY

Steps:

• Place grapes in a large bowl and mash.
• Place grapes, apple slices and water in a large stainless or enamel pot.
• Bring to a boil, reduce heat and simmer for 30 min.
• Pour juice and pulp thru a damp jelly bag and let drip UNDISTURBED for 3 hours.
• Restrain through another damp jelly bag.
• If you want you can now save the pulp for grape butter.
• Measure 5 cups of grape-apple-add the lemon juice and pour back into the large pot (washed pot that is) and bring to a full boil.
• Stir in sugar and return to a full, rolling boil until the jell point is reached.
• Remove from heat and skim.
• Ladle into steril hot jars leaving 0.125 inch head space.
• Process for 5 min in a boiling water bath at altitudes up to 1000 feet.

GRAPE JELLY

Steps:

• First make the grape juice using clean washed grapes.
• To 3 1/2 pounds of clean grapes add 1 1/2 cups water.
• Bring to a boil and simmer covered for 10 minutes.
• Strain and squeeze out all of the juice with a jelly cloth, or whatever means you have.
• In a very big pan, put 5 cups of the juice.
• Add the fruit pectin to the juice.
• Mix well.
• On high heat, bring to a full rolling boil, and boil hard for 1 minute, stirring constantly.
• Stir in sugar all at once, and bring back to a full rolling boil, again boil hard for 1 minute stirring constantly.
• Remove from heat, skim off foam and pour into hot jars.
• If using paraffin, pour hot paraffin in on top of jelly.
• Or seal with canning lids.

APPLE OR GRAPE JELLY MADE WITH CANNED JUICE

Steps:

• 1. Mix the (apple or grape) juice with the pectin in a large sauce pan ; over high heat quickly bring the mixture to a hard boil. Stirring occasionally.
• 2. Immediately add all the sugar and stir , bring to a full rolling boil(a boil that can't be stirred down) and boil hard for 1 minute , stirring constantly.
• 3. Remove from the heat and skim off the foam with a metal spoon , and pour quickly into sterilized jelly jars. ( fill to 1/2" of top )
• 4. With a wet dish towel wipe the ring of jar clean of any jelly spillage and put on cap and screw band on firmly tight.
• 5. Process in boiling water bath for 5 minutes.
• 6. NOTE : For a rosy color in the apple jelly add a few drops of red food coloring to the juice before cooking.

BASIC JELLY

Steps:

• Combine fruit and water in a saucepan. Bring to a boil, reduce to a simmer, and cook, partially covered, mashing occasionally with a potato masher, until fruit is very soft, 10 to 15 minutes. Transfer mixture to a fine sieve set over a heatproof bowl; let drain without pressing on fruit, 4 hours. Strain again through sieve lined with damp cheesecloth. Measure juice; you will have 3 to 4 cups.
• In a large heavy-bottomed pot, bring juice to a boil. Add 3/4 cup sugar for each cup of juice. Add lemon juice and 1/4 teaspoon salt. Return to a boil and cook, stirring frequently, 8 to 12 minutes. To test if jelly is done, dip a large metal spoon in, lift it horizontally above pot, and let mixture drip back in. Jelly is done when mixture has thickened slightly and drops of it slide together off spoon in a sheet. (Temperature should register 221 degrees on a candy thermometer.) Skim foam from top.
• Ladle jelly into clean containers, leaving 3/4 inch of headroom. Let cool completely. Cover, label, and refrigerate up to 1 month, or freeze up to 1 year.

GRAPE JELLY

Steps:

• Combine fruit and water in a saucepan. Bring to a boil, reduce to a simmer, and cook, partially covered, mashing occasionally with a potato masher, until fruit is very soft, 10 to 15 minutes. Transfer mixture to a fine sieve set over a heatproof bowl; let drain without pressing on fruit, 4 hours. Strain again through sieve lined with damp cheesecloth. Measure juice; you will have 3 to 4 cups.
• In a large heavy-bottomed pot, bring juice to a boil. Add 3/4 cup sugar for each cup of juice. Add lemon juice and 1/4 teaspoon salt. Return to a boil and cook, stirring frequently, 8 to 12 minutes. To test if jelly is done, dip a large metal spoon in, lift it horizontally above pot, and let mixture drip back in. Jelly is done when mixture has thickened slightly and drops of it slide together off spoon in a sheet. (Temperature should register 221 degrees on a candy thermometer.) Skim foam from top.
• Ladle jelly into clean containers, leaving 3/4 inch of headroom. Let cool completely. Cover, label, and refrigerate up to 1 month, or freeze up to 1 year.