A beautiful, clear jelly can be easy with fresh fruit and sugar. Commercial pectin, such as safe-Jel can be used for quick cooking, but often not necessary if you're willing to cook for a longer period and watch for Jelling point. Recipes using commercial pectin to use more sugar and can not be doubled.
To be jelly without pectin fruit that you have high natural pectin content. Do not use overripe fruit as the pectin content is lower in very ripe fruit and will not want to thicken. Use some of the ripe fruit to increase the pectin content. Berries and other fruits low in pectin content will require the addition of fruits high in pectin or using commercial pectin product.
Prepare fresh fruit washing and trimming any errors. Do not use frozen or canned fruit, unless you are using a packaged product of pectin, pectin their content is too low for Jelling. Do not peel or core the fruit. Peel will add color jelly. Cook the fruit in a soft pulp, but do not overcook. Pour fruit into a bag and want to allow drainage, of course, do not squeeze. Squeezing bag can accelerate the process, but will produce a cloudy juice at the end of cloudy jelly.
acid is important to allow the pectin to jell. Some fruits require the addition of acid, usually in the form of lemon juice. Do not omit or substitute for lemon juice in the recipe.
of sugar is necessary to preserve and want to help in Jelling. Do not reduce or replace sugar in the recipe. If you want less sugar, use a recipe specifically designed for less sugar. Add the sugar and other ingredients called juice ingredients in a large pot or kettle and cook quickly until Jelling point is reached. large apparatus is needed as jelly has a tendency to boil and foam. If foaming is a problem, ¼ teaspoon of butter or margarine can be added. Skim foam off looking at the end of boiling, before pouring into jars.
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