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🍳 Fresh Homemade Redcurrant Jelly
488 kcal · 30 min · 4 servings
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Ingredients
- 1 kg red currants
- 250 ml water
- 400 g jam sugar (2:1)
- 2 vanilla pods
- 1 packet citric acid
Instructions
- 1. Wash the redcurrants thoroughly.
- 2. Remove all stems and leaves from the berries.
- 3. Place the berries in a large pot.
- 4. Crush the berries slightly using a fork or a potato masher.
- 5. Pour a small splash of water into the pot.
- 6. Heat the mixture over medium heat.
- 7. Stir constantly while doing so.
- 8. Prevent the mixture from boiling or bubbling.
- 9. Stretch a juice cloth (a fine cloth for straining) over a large bowl.
- 10. Pour the warm fruit pulp through the cloth into the bowl.
- 11. Let the juice drip through slowly without pressure.
- 12. Wait until the fruit pulp in the cloth has cooled down completely.
- 13. Now squeeze the remaining juice out of the cloth.
- 14. Measure the amount of juice obtained.
- 15. You should have about three quarters of a liter of juice.
- 16. Take jam sugar of type 2:1 (two parts fruit, one part sugar).
- 17. Add the correct amount of sugar to the juice.
- 18. Stir the sugar well into the juice.
- 19. Cut the vanilla pods lengthwise.
- 20. Scrape out the inner pulp with a knife.
- 21. Add the vanilla pulp and the empty pods to the juice.
- 22. Add citric acid to the juice.
- 23. Bring the mixture to a boil over high heat.
- 24. Continue stirring without interruption.
- 25. Let the jelly bubble vigorously for three minutes.
- 26. Remove the vanilla pods from the mixture.
- 27. Rinse the jam jars with hot water.
- 28. Fill the hot jelly to the brim into the warm jars.
- 29. Seal the jars immediately with the lids.
- 30. Place the sealed jars on their lids for ten minutes.
- 31. Then turn the jars over.
- 32. Let the jars cool down at room temperature.
Nutrition per serving
- kcal: 488
- Protein: 3 g · Fett/Fat: 1 g · Carbs: 112 g