Wild Cranberry Jell

Ingredients

• 3 1/2 cups wild cranberry juice
• 7 cups sugar
• 1 box Certo or fruit jell (2 pouches)

Directions

1. 1

   Note: 3 1/2 cups of wild cranberries equals 3 cups of prepared juice.

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   ------Day1------.

3. 3

   Pick cranberries.

4. 4

   Remove stems and leaves.

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   Wash and drain.

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   Prepare a pan as a strainer.

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   This is done by using 2-3 layers of good cheesecloth, (or you can use an old but clean linen dish towel).

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   Drape over a large pan and secure with clothes pins.

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   A large enamel basin works well.

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    Using a stock pot or a large canning pot, add berries.

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    Add water to barely cover the berries.

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    Bring to a boil.

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    Turn down heat to medium or medium low.

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    Continue cooking until cranberries start popping and they look translucent.

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    (about 1-2 hours) Pour the cranberries onto the prepared strainer.

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    Do not handles the berries, even with a spoon, while draining.

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    (Handling the berries will make a cloudy jelly.) Drain overnight.

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    ----------Day2-----------.

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    Measure out 3 and 1/2 cups of the wild cranberry juice into a stockpot or small canning pot.

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    Add the 7 cups of sugar.

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    Bring to a full boil, stirring constantly.

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    Add the 2 pouches of"Certo" or"Fruit Jel", still stirring, and bring back to full boil.

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    Boil for 1 minute.

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    Remove from heat and let sit 3 minutes.

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    Skim the form off with a skimmer or metal spoon.

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    Pour quickly into prepared jars.

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    Process jars.

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    (Note: Instead of processing the jars I pour melted parrafin over the top of jell. About 0.125 of an inch. Cover with lids and let cool on a towel.) Once jars are cool, test each one for a seal by pressing the center of the lid.

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    The lid should not flex up and down.

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    If it does fefrigerate or reprocess with a new lid.

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    Note: Apple juice can be added to the wild cranberry juice if there isn't quite enough juice to equil the 3 1/2 cups.