Hello everybody, it’s Jim, welcome to my recipe page. Today, we’re going to prepare a special dish, redcurrent jelly. It is one of my favorites food recipes. This time, I will make it a little bit tasty. This will be really delicious.
A simple small-batch recipe for a beautiful and tasty red currant jelly. No commercial pectin is needed for this recipe. A classic red currant jelly made from fresh currants.
Redcurrent jelly is one of the most well liked of recent trending foods on earth. It’s simple, it’s quick, it tastes yummy. It’s enjoyed by millions every day. They’re fine and they look wonderful. Redcurrent jelly is something which I’ve loved my whole life.
To get started with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook redcurrent jelly using 3 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.
The ingredients needed to make Redcurrent jelly:
- Take Equal weight of redcurrants and sugar
- Prepare Empty glass jam jars or equivalent, washed, dried and warmed in a low heat oven(120 degrees C) for 5 minutes
- Prepare Fine sieve, or a sieve and clean gauze to sieve
This red currant jelly recipe is without pectin and preservatives, you can make it easily at home with the process shots in the recipe and how to + tips further below. We had a good crop of redcurrants so used them to make redcurrant jelly. In this video I show you how to make this preserve. In this video I will be showing you an easy way to separate the Red currants from the stalks and we will make a Jelly.
Steps to make Redcurrent jelly:
- Wash the redcurrants, stalks and all and place in a saucepan
- Heat on a low heat so that the fruit starts to break down - about 5 minutes
- Add the sugar on top of the fruit and stir until sugar is dissolved.
- Bring the mixture to the boil and boil for approx. 10 minutes, stirring occasionally. Take care - the mixture will be very hot.
- Place a fine sieve over a bowl. If you don't have a fine sieve then place some gauze in the sieve beforehand.
- Carefully pour the redcurrants mixture into the sieve and let the jelly drip through. I used a fine sieve and a wooden spoon to squeeze the jelly out a little faster, and before it started to set.
- Carefully pour into clean, warm jam jars and seal - you can used lids, waxed paper or waxed cloth that can be tied down.
- Cool and store in a cool place
This red currant jelly recipe starts with a pint of current juice (or more) and sugar. I sometimes add a small amount of almond extract to switch. Red currant jelly is so expensive in stores, that it's no wonder it's such a rare treat. If you can get access to a bush, you will be able to create a rare treasure for your pantry. Tart, sweet, and gorgeously ruby-hued, this red currant jelly is the perfect way to make the most of a relatively small amount of currants.
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