Canning and Preserving Recipes
Wine Jelly
For deep red jelly, use ruby port or robust red wine. For a soft rose-colored jelly, choose a fruity rose such as Grenache Rose. If using white wines, use those with a faintly sweet or fruity flavor, such as Gewerztraminer. Berry or other fruit wines may also be used.
Yield: about 4 half pints
Ingredients
- 2 cups wine
- 3 cups granulated sugar
- 1 (3 ounce) pouch liquid fruit pectin
Instructions
- Mix wine and sugar in top of double boiler over rapidly boiling water. Cook, stirring constantly, about 3 minutes or until sugar is completely dissolved.
- Remove double boiler from heat, but let jelly remain over hot water. At once stir in liquid pectin and mix well. Skim off foam with a metal spoon. Quickly ladle into hot, sterilized jars or glasses, leaving 1/2 inch headspace; seal. If using wine glasses, place a metal spoon in each hot glass before pouring in hot jelly to keep glass from breaking.
- Seal with a thin layer of paraffin.
Notes
For gift giving, ladle sparkling, jewel-colored jellies into hot, sterilized, inexpensive wine glasses, then seal with paraffin.