Make Your Own Christmas Gifts~ Black Currant Jelly
November 7, 2008 by Linette Gerlach
Filed under Christmas from the Garden, Garden Recipes
With budgets tightening, and your dollar stretched thinner this Christmas season, why not make some of your own gifts for the holidays? I know I usually love the homemade gifts I receive.
Jelly makes a wonderful Christmas gift, paired with crackers, or some tea. It’s not perishable, like cookies, or fudge, but it is delicious to eat. The extra bonus, it doesn’t take too much time in the kitchen, it just looks like it did.
R.W. Knudsen sent me this wonderful, and simple recipe for black currant jelly. If you missed the boat on the berries, or fruit in your garden this summer to make homemade jams, or jellies for Christmas gifts, here is a recipe just for you.
Black Currant Jelly
Ingredients:
1 32 ounce bottle of R.W. Knudsen Family’s Just Black Currant (4 cups juice)
1 1.75 ounce no sugar needed pectin
2 ½ cups sugar
How to make the Jelly:
1.Pour juice into 6-quart pan.
2.Gradually stir in pectin.
3.Bring mixture to full rolling boil over high heat, stirring constantly.
4.Stir in sugar and return to full rolling boil.
5.Boil hard for 1 minute, stirring constantly.
6.Remove from heat. Skim as necessary.
7.Fill, seal, and water-path process according to instructions included with pectin.
Yields 5-6 8 ounce jars.
Top your jars with a small 5×5 inch square of calico cloth, and tie it with a thin ribbon, or raffia string. Stick it in a small basket, or bowl with a pack of crackers, and maybe some tea to make a wonderful inexpensive gift from the heart.
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Image via R.W. Knudsen
Ironically, this is *exactly* what I’m doing today!! With the juice that RW Knudsen sent me to try out
Glad to hear you were happy with it…I’m trying it as a freezer jelly, and I’ll let you know how it goes!
That sounds delicious. I love this–sounds so fancy!
I love to make jelly as gifts. You’re right, everyone really appreciates it and they’re always so impressed.