Three-Pepper Jelly - cooking recipe
Ingredients
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3/4 lb jalapeno pepper
3/4 lb hot banana pepper
1/2 lb cayenne chile
1 cup white vinegar
1 cup unsweetened apple juice
1 3/4 ounces fruit pectin
1/2 teaspoon salt
5 cups granulated sugar
Preparation
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Sterilize jars per manufacturers instructions.
Wash peppers and remove stems. Chop peppers in batches in your food-processor with equal parts of the vinegar. Process until chopped very fine.
and place in a large bowl with a tight fitting lid. When all pepper are chopped and vinegar has ben used up, add the apple juice,stir and cover. Refrigerate for 24 hours.
To make jelly: Strain juice through a jelly-bag or several layers of cheesecloth. Measure out exactly 4 cups of juice. If needed, add enough apple juice to make 4 cups.
Place juice, salt and surejel in a large non reactive pan and bring to a full rolling boil that cannot be stirred down (stirring constantly). Add sugar and bring to a rolling boil that cannot be stirred down. Stirring constantly, boil for 2 minutes and remove from heat. Pour into hot sterilized jars, adjust caps and process for 10 minutes in a water bath canner.
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