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Three sealed jars of clear jewel-red strawberry jelly with fresh strawberries

Strawberry jelly (with liquid or powdered pectin) — NCHFP

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Jam/Jelly/Spread canning recipe published by USDA / National Center for Home Food Preservation (United States).
Process Hot, Half-pints or Pints, boiling-water canner, 0 - 1,000 ft 5 minutes
Servings: 9 half-pint jars
Course: Jam/Jelly/Spread
Cuisine: United States

Ingredients

Ingredients
  • 4 cups strawberry juice (about 3 quart boxes berries)
  • 7 1/2 cups sugar
  • 2 pouches liquid pectin

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

Canning method
  1. Sterilize canning jars and prepare two-piece canning lids according to manufacturer s directions. To prepare juice. Sort and wash fully ripe berries; remove any stems or caps. Crush berries and extract juice. To make jelly. Measure juice into a kettle. Stir in sugar.
  2. Place on high heat and, stirring constantly, bring quickly to a full rolling boil that cannot be stirred down. Add pectin and heat again to a full rolling boil. Boil hard for 1 minute. Remove from heat; skim off foam quickly.
  3. Pour hot jelly immediately into hot, sterile jars, leaving 1/4 inch headspace. Wipe rims of jars with a dampened clean paper towel; adjust two-piece metal canning lids. Process in a Boiling Water Canner .
  4. Processing: Process Hot, Half-pints or Pints, boiling-water canner, 0 - 1,000 ft - 5 minutes.
  5. Altitude-adjusted processing table: Table 1. Recommended process time for Strawberry Jelly in a boiling water canner. / Process Time at Elevations of / Style of Pack - Jar Size - 0 - 1,000 ft - 1,001 - 6,000 ft - Above 6,000 ft / Hot - Half-pints / / or Pints - 5 min - 10 - 15
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Recipe Notes

Source: USDA / National Center for Home Food Preservation
Safety: Tested recipe from a USDA-aligned source, processed by boiling water bath. Follow the source method, times and headspace exactly, and adjust for your altitude.
Source: USDA / National Center for Home Food Preservation. USDA Complete Guide to Home Canning, 2015 revision. SAFETY: Tested recipe from a USDA-aligned source, processed by boiling water bath. Follow the source method, times and headspace exactly, and adjust for your altitude. Full method and quantities at the source: https://nchfp.uga.edu/papers/guide/GUIDE07_HomeCan_rev0715.pdf Guide PDF: https://nchfp.uga.edu/papers/guide/GUIDE07_HomeCan_rev0715.pdf Yield as published: About 8 or 9 half-pint jars.

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