Apple Grape Jelly - cooking recipe

Ingredients
    4 lbs concord grapes, 1/2 a bit under ripe-stemmed
    3 tart apples, sliced very thin (don't peel or core)
    1/2 cup water
    2 teaspoons lemon juice
    4 cups sugar
Preparation
    Place grapes in a large bowl and mash.
    Place grapes, apple slices and water in a large stainless or enamel pot.
    Bring to a boil, reduce heat and simmer for 30 min.
    Pour juice and pulp thru a damp jelly bag and let drip UNDISTURBED for 3 hours.
    Restrain through another damp jelly bag.
    If you want you can now save the pulp for grape butter.
    Measure 5 cups of grape-apple-add the lemon juice and pour back into the large pot (washed pot that is) and bring to a full boil.
    Stir in sugar and return to a full, rolling boil until the jell point is reached.
    Remove from heat and skim.
    Ladle into steril hot jars leaving 0.125 inch head space.
    Process for 5 min in a boiling water bath at altitudes up to 1000 feet.

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