QUEBEC'S SPICED CRABAPPLE JELLY

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This recipe is posted for play in Culinary Quest - Quebec. The recipe is from "Laura Secord Canadian Cookbook". A well loved book with many treasured recipes. Our early Canadian cookbook suggests that if you have a large family to cook for there is little use in making crab apple jelly in small quanitities. This recipe makes 8...

Provided by Baby Kato

Categories     Jams & Jellies

Time 50m

Number Of Ingredients 6

6 quarts crabapples
5 1/4 cups crabapple juice (after straining cranberries overnight)
1/2 cup white vinegar
1 (4 inch) stick cinnamon, broken
1 tbsp whole cloves
5 cups white sugar

Steps:

  • 1. Wash and remove blossom ends and stems from crabapples.
  • 2. Combine in a large pan with enough water to cover. Bring to a boil and simmer, uncovered, for 20 minutes or until mushy.
  • 3. Strain through jelly bag overnight.
  • 4. Add strained crabapple juice into a saucepan and add the vinegar .
  • 5. Tie in cheesecloth; add cinnamon stick and cloves. Add the spices in cheesecloth to the pot of juice and bring to a boil, uncovered for 3 minutes and remove the spice bag.
  • 6. Slowly stir in the sugar. Bring to a boil, uncovered for 25 minutes, or until a spoonful when chilled quickly has the desired consistency. Stir frequently.
  • 7. Ladle into sterilized jars. Seal while hot with a thin layer of paraffin.

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