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Green Pepper Jelly Recipe — Mrs. Wages is retained as a source-specific record.
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Green Pepper Jelly Recipe — Mrs. Wages
Ingredients
- 8 green bell peppers, stemmed and seeded
- 4-5 cloves garlic
- 2 jalapeno peppers, stemmed and seeded (optional)
- 1/4 cup lemon juice
- 1-1/2 cup white vinegar
- 2-1.75 oz packs of Mrs. Wages® Fruit Pectin
- 7 cups sugar
Equipment
- 1 Boiling-water bath canner with rack
- 1 Large stainless or enamel preserving pot
- 1 Canning jars with two-piece lids
- 1 Headspace and bubble tool
- 1 Jelly or candy thermometer
Directions
- To start on this pepper jelly recipe clean and sterilize jars, lids and rings. Keep warm. Coarsely chop peppers and garlic and place in a food processor. Puree until smooth. Strain the juice off the puree through a fine mesh strainer over a large pot.
- Let sit 30 minutes or until about 3 cups juice is strained. If necessary, add 1 cup boiling water to the puree to extract more juice. Combine pepper juice with lemon juice and vinegar in a large stainless steel saucepan. Whisk in pectin until dissolved and heat mixture over medium high heat.
- Stir often. Bring to a boil. Add sugar to boiling mixture, stirring constantly, and return to a boil. Boil hard for 1 minute, stirring constantly. Remove from heat. Quickly skim off any foam. Quickly pour jelly into prepared jars, leaving 1/4 inch headspace. Remove air bubbles and cap jars.
- Process immediately in a boiling water bath for 15 minutes.
- Processing: As published by Mrs. Wages: "Process immediately in a boiling water bath for 15 minutes" (boiling water bath canner) - 15 minutes.
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