Mint Jelly Recipe

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This festive-looking jelly from Naomi Giddis of Two Buttes, Colorado, can be served with lamb or used as a dessert topping. With its bright-green color, the jelly makes a great gift, too.

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Mint Jelly Recipe
  • Prep: 30 min. + processing
  • Yield: 88 Servings
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Ingredients

  • 4-1/2 cups water
  • 3 cups packed fresh mint, crushed
  • 7 cups sugar
  • 1/4 cup bottled lemon juice
  • 2 to 4 drops green food coloring
  • 2 pouches (3 ounces each) liquid pectin

Directions

  • In a large saucepan, bring water and mint to a boil. Remove from the heat; cover and let stand for 15 minutes. Strain, reserving 3-1/3 cups liquid (discard remaining liquid).
  • In a Dutch oven, combine the sugar, lemon juice, food coloring and reserved liquid. Bring to a boil; cover and stir for 1 minute. Add pectin; return to a boil. Cook and stir for 1 minute. Remove from the heat; let stand for 5 minutes.
  • Skim off foam. Pour hot liquid into hot sterilized jars, leaving 1/4-in. headspace. Adjust caps. Process for 10 minutes in a boiling-water bath. Yield: 11 half-pints.

Nutritional Facts 1 serving (2 tablespoons) equals 62 calories, trace fat (trace saturated fat), 0 cholesterol, 1 mg sodium, 16 g carbohydrate, trace fiber, trace protein.

Originally published as Mint Jelly in Taste of Home August/September 2004, p15

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Reviewed on Aug. 09, 2011 by scamphuysen

Followed directions to a tee and it worked out. For a stronger flavor you could add more mint. I used fresh lemon juice instead of bottled and my batch yeild was 8 1/2 half-pints.


Reviewed on Sep. 07, 2010 by EileeenZ

I have made jelly for a long time. I think that when I make this mint jelly I will take all the liquid from the boiled mint leaves and reduce that to 3 1/3 cups which will intensify the mint flavor.

 
 
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