Spiced Blackberry Jelly

Ingredients

• 4 cups blackberries
• 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
• 1/4 teaspoon mace
• 1/8 teaspoon cloves
• Granulated sugar

Instructions

1. In a saucepan mix together all ingredients EXCEPT sugar.
2. Cook the berries over low heat, stirring and crushing them with a spoon, until they are soft.
3. Pour the mixture through a jelly bag, without squeezing the bag, and measure it.
4. For each cup of juice stir in one cup of sugar and cook the syrup over low heat until a little jells when dropped onto a cold plate.
5. Pour the jelly into hot sterilized glasses and seal.
6. Process for 5 minutes in a boiling water bath.

Notes

May be served as an accompaniment to roast meats and poultry.

Attribution

Gourmet magazine, June 1967