Fireweed Jelly
photo by bonitabanana
- Ready In:
- 1hr 20mins
- Ingredients:
- 5
- Yields:
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4 8 ounce jars
- Serves:
- 8
ingredients
- 2 1⁄2 cups fireweed juice
- 1 teaspoon lemon juice
- 1⁄2 teaspoon butter
- 1 (1 3/4 ounce) package dry pectin
- 3 cups sugar
directions
- For fireweed juice: Harvest about 8 packed cups of fireweed flowers. Rinse thoroughly and put in 2 quart pot. Add just enough water to make water level just below top of packed flowers. (Juice should be a deep purple color when finished. If too much water is used in boiling process, juice will be a brownish color. More water can always be added after flowers are boiled to increase amount of juice.) Boil flowers in water until color is boiled out and petals are a grayish color. Ladle juice into jar through cheesecloth to strain.
- Warm fireweed juice, lemon juice and butter on stovetop.
- Add Sure-Jell, bring to boil and boil hard for one minute.
- Add sugar and bring to full boil for one minute. Skim top of jelly.
- Pour into pitcher(makes it easier to fill jars)and skim again.
- Fill sterilized jars leaving 1/8 inch space at top. Process in hot water bath for 10 minutes.
Reviews
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Thanks for the recipe. I have lived in AK for 6 years and have never done anything with the abundant fireweed. I love making jelly each summer, so decided to give this a try. My jelly did not set so I had to give it another try the following day with a second box of pectin and it turned out great. It tastes a little like cranberry jelly to me. We are really enjoying it. Thanks for the recipe.
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I tried this and everybody i gave it to was in awe!! "It's a weed" they say, but after tasting it, they wanted the recipe. I was a little too late this summer and we had VERY hot weather, so I missed out. Darn it anyway. We just love it. I just entered in our local fair today, so I hope i get a blue ribbon. Shelley Olympia, Washington
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