Pomegranate Cranberry Jam Recipes

CRANBERRY JAM

Steps:

• Bring all ingredients to a boil in a 2-quart heavy saucepan over moderate heat, stirring occasionally. Reduce heat and simmer, uncovered, stirring occasionally, until slightly thickened, about 20 minutes (jam will continue to thicken as it cools).
• Force jam through a fine-mesh sieve into a bowl, discarding skins and seeds. Cool, stirring occasionally.

CRANBERRY AND POMEGRANATE JELLIES

Steps:

• Prepare gelatine as per manufacturers instructions.
• Pour the cranberry juice into a pan and stir in the sugar. Heat the juice, but just before it comes to the boil remove from the heat. Allow to cool for 2 minutes.
• Add the gelatine to the hot cranberry mixture and stir to dissolve. Pour into 4 glasses, then sprinkle in the pomegranate seeds and any juice. They tend to float, making a layer at the top of each glass.
• Allow the jellies to cool, then chill for at least an hour or until ready to serve. TIP: rest the glasses at an angle in the fridge to set at a slant.
• Pour the evaporated milk into a jug and allow your guests to mix it into their jelly at the table.

POMEGRANATE JELLY

Steps:

• In a Dutch oven, combine pomegranate juice and pectin. Bring to a full rolling boil over high heat, stirring constantly. Stir in sugar; return to a full rolling boil. Boil and stir for 2 minutes., Remove from the heat; skim off foam. Ladle hot liquid into six hot sterilized half-pint jars, leaving 1/4-in. headspace. Wipe rims. Center lids on jars; screw on bands until fingertip tight. , Place jars into canner with simmering water, ensuring that they are completely covered with water. Bring to a boil; process for 5 minutes. Remove jars and cool.

RED CURRANT POMEGRANATE CRANBERRY JELLY, REDUCED SUGAR

Steps:

• Pour all juices and water into heavy cooking pot.
• In a small bowl, combine pectin and ¼ c sugar.
• Add to juices in pot and stir well.
• Bring to a boil over medium high heat, stirring constantly.
• After liquid comes to a boil, quickly add remaining sugar and mix in well.
• Bring mixture back to a hard rolling boil (a boil that cannot be stirred down) and boil for one minute.
• Remove from heat and quickly ladle hot liquid into sterilized jars.
• Screw on lids and process for 5 minutes in boiling water bath.
• Remove from bath and wait for lids to"pop".
• If all processed properly, let sit undisturbed for 24 hours before testing for gel.
• If some of your jars did not process properly, refer to your pectin box for re-processing or put in your refrigerator and treat as open jar of jelly, using within one month.
• *Note: To make red currant juice, wash red currants well (you don't need to remove stems).
• Put berries in heavy cooking pot and add ½ cup water.
• Bring to a simmer, cover and cook for 10 minutes stirring occasionally.
• Pour cooked fruit into a jelly bag and let drip over bowl for several hours, or until done dripping.
• Don't try to coax the juice out quicker by squeezing the jelly bag or your jelly will come out cloudy.
• 4 pints of berries gave me 2 cups juice.