Barberry Jelly

Total Time: 1 hr Preparation Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• 8 cups barberries
• 1 1/2 cups sugar, to each cup of juice
• 1 cup water

Recipe

• 1 use only fully ripened fruit.
• 2 wash and stem the fruit and measure 8 cups worth.
• 3 place the fruit into a saucepan and mash.
• 4 add 1 cup of cold water and cook over moderate heat till the juice starts to flow (up to 10 minutes).
• 5 strain the juice through a jelly bag, and for each cup of juice add 1½ cups of sugar.
• 6 place the juice in a deep saucepan and mix in the sugar.
• 7 place over a high heat and bring to a boil. hold at the boil for 15 minutes or till the mixture passes the jell sheeting test.
• 8 stir the mixture constantly in order to prevent the bottom from burning.
• 9 remove the mixture, skim off the red foam and pour the jelly into hot sterilized jelly jars.
• 10 seal while hot.