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🍳 Red Currant Jelly
622 kcal · 30 min · 4 servings
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Ingredients
- 1 kg red currants
- 2 tbsp sugar
- 1 vanilla pod (pulp)
- 800 g jam sugar (1:1)
Instructions
- 1. Thoroughly wash the red currants.
- 2. Carefully pick the berries off the stems and remove any unripe or rotten fruit.
- 3. Place the berries together with the sugar, the seeds from one vanilla pod, and 150 milliliters of water in a pot.
- 4. Bring the mixture to a boil on the stove.
- 5. Let the jelly simmer gently over medium heat for 10 minutes.
- 6. Place a clean cloth in a sieve and set the sieve over a clean pot.
- 7. Pour the cooked berry mixture into the sieve so that the juice can drip through slowly.
- 8. Squeeze the remaining berries in the cloth firmly to extract as much juice as possible.
- 9. Measure the amount of extracted juice.
- 10. Return the juice to a clean pot and add the same amount of pectin sugar.
- 11. Bring the mixture back to a boil.
- 12. Let the jelly boil vigorously for about 4 minutes.
- 13. Immediately fill the hot jelly into well-rinsed and dry jars.
- 14. Place the filled jars upside down for 10 minutes.
- 15. Let the jelly cool down completely in the jars.
- 16. Turn the jars right side up and seal them tightly.
- 17. Store the jars in a cool and dark place.
Nutrition per serving
- kcal: 622
- Protein: 2 g · Fett/Fat: 0 g · Carbs: 148 g