Kudzu Blossom Jelly
photo by Turtle Mama
- Ready In:
- 35mins
- Ingredients:
- 5
- Yields:
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6 Half Pints
- Serves:
- 36
ingredients
- 4 cups kudzu blossoms (make sure that they haven't been sprayed with chemicals)
- 4 cups boiling water
- 1 tablespoon lemon juice
- 1 (1 3/4 ounce) package powdered fruit pectin
- 5 cups sugar
directions
- Wash kudzu blossoms with cold water, drain well and place them in a large bowl.
- Pour 4 cups boiling water over blossoms, and refrigerate 8 hours or overnight.
- Strain liquid through a colander into a Dutch oven, discarding blossoms.
- Add lemon juice and pectin; bring to a full rolling boil over high heat, stirring constantly.
- Stir in sugar; return to a full rolling boil, and boil, stirring constantly, 1 minute.
- Remove from heat; skim off foam with a spoon.
- Quickly pour jelly into hot, sterilized jars; filling to 1/4 inch from top.
- Wipe jar rims.
- Cover at once with metal lids, and screw on bands.
- Process in boiling water bath 5 minutes.
- Cool jars on wire racks.
- NOTE: Blossom liquid is gray until lemon juice is added.
Reviews
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I would drive by and smell the sweet smell of kudzu, and now I can eat it! What a great flavor! My jelly, for some reason which I do not know, did not set up, but that's okay, cause I will be adding it to lemonade as a syrup! This would be great over pancakes too! Thank you for posting this recipe! :)
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RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
Molly53
United States