Beet Raspberry Jelly Food

RASPBERRY 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.

CAN'T BE 'BEET' RASPBERRY JELLY

Steps:

• In a large saucepan over high heat, stir together the pectin, beet juice, and raspberry drink mix. Cook, stirring constantly, until bubbles begin to form around the edge. Immediately stir in the sugar and lemon juice, bring to a rolling boil, and boil hard for 1 minute.
• Remove from heat, and skim off any foam using a large metal spoon. transfer to sterile jars, and seal, leaving 1/4 inch headspace. Process any unsealed jars in a hot water bath for 10 minutes. Refrigerate jelly after opening.

OLD FASHION BEET JELLY

Steps:

• When cooking beets, scrub the beets well and cut them in half before placing them in the pot. Cook until tender and reserve the liquid.
• Measure out 3 cups of beet juice and mix it with the the Certo and lemon juice. Bring this to a boil.
• Once boiling, add sugar and Jello and boil for about 4 minutes.
• Pour into sterilized jars.

RASPBERRY JELLY

Steps:

• Wash raspberries, removing any stems, leaves or rotten berries.
• Transfer clean raspberries into a large, stainless steel stock pot, and heat over low until barely warm. Crush berries (I used a potato masher) to extract juice.
• Line a big sieve or colander with several layers of cheesecloth and place over a bowl. I use a big 8-cup marked measuring bowl. Pour mashed raspberries into colander, tie cheesecloth up into a bag, and hang to drip for several hours or overnight.
• If you have a really good juicer, scoop remaining pulp out of cheesecloth bag and run through the juicer. Otherwise squeeze your cheesecloth bag on regular intervals to make sure you extract as much juice as possible.
• wash out your jars, lids and rings. put jars into canning kettle and bring to a boil. place rings and lids in a bowl of hot water.
• Measure your juice, and the pulp you get from the juicer (here's where the marked measuring bowl comes in handy :-) ). You want 4 cups of juice. Add a little fruit juice or water if necessary.
• Pour raspberry juice into your large, stainless steel stock pot, and add your dry pectin, stirring the whole time you are adding it.
• Place pot on stove on high heat, and bring to a full rolling boil, stirring often.
• pour sugar slowly into boiling rhubarb (a second pair of hands is useful for this step!), stirring as you go.
• Keep stirring to prevent sticking and burning, until mixture returns to a full boil. Continue to boil for 3 minutes, stirring constantly. Remove from heat when done.
• pour jelly into processed jars, putting on lids and rings, tightening to finger tight.
• process in water bath in your canner for 5 minutes.
• remove and place on a dry towel to cool for 24 hours. Lids should pop down fairly quickly. Enjoy!

BEET JELLY

Steps:

• Peel beets and simmer in water for 30 minutes.
• When beets are tender strain off liquid measuring 4 cups of beet juice.
• Pour into a large pot.
• Stir in lemon juice and pectin.
• Bring to a full, rolling boil over high heat.
• Stir in sugar all at once and return to a full, rolling boil and boil for 1 minute.
• Remove from heat and ladle into clean hot stearilized jars leaving 0.125 inch head space and seal.
• I process any jelly for 5 minutes in a boiling water bath even though the recipes don't call for it.

CAN'T BE 'BEET' RASPBERRY JELLY

Steps:

• In a large saucepan over high heat, stir together the pectin, beet juice, and raspberry drink mix. Cook, stirring constantly, until bubbles begin to form around the edge. Immediately stir in the sugar and lemon juice, bring to a rolling boil, and boil hard for 1 minute.
• Remove from heat, and skim off any foam using a large metal spoon. transfer to sterile jars, and seal, leaving 1/4 inch headspace. Process any unsealed jars in a hot water bath for 10 minutes. Refrigerate jelly after opening.

CAN'T BE 'BEET' RASPBERRY JELLY

Steps:

• In a large saucepan over high heat, stir together the pectin, beet juice, and raspberry drink mix. Cook, stirring constantly, until bubbles begin to form around the edge. Immediately stir in the sugar and lemon juice, bring to a rolling boil, and boil hard for 1 minute.
• Remove from heat, and skim off any foam using a large metal spoon. transfer to sterile jars, and seal, leaving 1/4 inch headspace. Process any unsealed jars in a hot water bath for 10 minutes. Refrigerate jelly after opening.

CAN'T BE 'BEET' RASPBERRY JELLY

Steps:

• In a large saucepan over high heat, stir together the pectin, beet juice, and raspberry drink mix. Cook, stirring constantly, until bubbles begin to form around the edge. Immediately stir in the sugar and lemon juice, bring to a rolling boil, and boil hard for 1 minute.
• Remove from heat, and skim off any foam using a large metal spoon. transfer to sterile jars, and seal, leaving 1/4 inch headspace. Process any unsealed jars in a hot water bath for 10 minutes. Refrigerate jelly after opening.