Anti-viral Elderberry Jelly!
(update 10-25-20: I made a batch of elderberry syrup this week if you want to try that instead of jelly--it's a simpler process. You'll need to have some honey handy--or vegetable glycerin! ) Hi, this is Lori Fiechter working with my homegrown elderberries today. I was making elderberry syrup before it was cool. I mean, I was even growing my own elderberry plants before elderberry syrup was the in thing in our neighborhood. Bragging rights, oh, sí.
But this year, I'm trying something new. It dawned on me a few days ago that I'd seen elderberry jelly in a specialty shop somewhere. I looked up a recipe and decided to at least see how elderberry jelly would turn out. Besides, I’m on a jelly-making roll right now. (one might say I'm on a jelly roll)
This jelly is much more concentrated than the elderberry syrup I normally make. I'm not sure how much of it to take; I usually take
1 T. of syrup several times of day at the first sign of a scratchy throat. I'm guessing I'll only need to take around a teaspoon or so of jelly. I made another batch of naan, so I can always eat in on that!
Also in this video, I'll show you my special trick for separating berries from the stems. I think it's rather clever.
You know, I never had much time in years past for jam and jelly making once school started, but this year I have plenty of time to experiment! It seems like such a very, very long time ago that I was writing lesson plans, making cloze lyrics for Spanish pop songs, and grading papers. I hated grading papers... I don't miss all that work and time investment!
Of course, I still miss my students. That's different. Completely different!
Homemade Jelly
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Making Grape Jelly With Homemade Pectin | Full Process
In my last video, I made homemade pectin from apples. So, I decided to put it to good use and make some grape jelly from leftover grapes! Thanks for watching!
~Canning Elderberry Jelly (Sure Jell Way!)~
I am sharing my Elderberry Jelly Recipe with you! Elderberries are anti-viral . . . in other words it's Mother Nature's Tami-flu! They grow so abundantly in Amish Country here! I have made wine with elderberries as well, but that's another video. This one of my favorite jams & jellies that I make. As you have seen I also can Elderberry Juice too (that too is another video as well), besides just making jelly out of the elderberries I harvest each year. I must admit I am one of those people who have several baskets filled instead of having all my eggs in one basket! My kids grew up on this jelly & they were pretty healthy kids all winter & flu season long! Now its time for a new generation to be raised on this jelly as well . . . it's my grandchildren! Besides that OMG . . . a elderberry jelly & peanut butter sandwich is so good! Can not wait to make a elderberry jelly & peanut butter sandwich! Happy Canning my fellow canners & all newbie canners out there!
Elderberry Jelly
3 3/4 c. Elderberry Juice
1/4 c. Lemon Juice
1 packet of sure jell fruit pectin
4 1/2 c. Sugar
1/4 tsp. Butter
Place Elderberry Juice, Lemon Juice & SureJell in a 8 quart Dutch oven or saucepan. Bring to a boil. Add the sugar, mix well. Keep stirring until you reach a full rolling boil. Add sugar & butter, keep stirring. Bring to a boil you can not stir down at all. Start timer at this point. Time for no more than 2 minutes. Remove from heat. Laddle into hot sterilized jars. Leave 1/4 inch headspace. Put lids & rings on. Place into hot water bath canner & hot water bath for 5 minutes.
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How to Use a Steam Juicer | Make Fresh Elderberry Juice for Syrup, Jelly, and More!
????????How to Use a Steam Juicer – Make Your Own Elderberry Juice ????????
Are you wondering if you really need a steam juicer? The answer may surprise you! Not just for kitchen maximalists, the large preserving tool known as a steam juicer may earn its place in your preserving kitchen even though it is a one-job tool. Because it does its one job so well. Turn a large bounty of fresh fruit into delicious juice with a steam juicer! I show you how, using elderberries as an example, but you can juice many other fruits. Watch the video to learn how!
➡️ Recipe and directions
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➡️ Fruit Leather Method Tutorial
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0:00 Intro
1:28 Parts of the Back to Basics Steam Juicer and how it works
4:34 Short-cut to de-stemming fresh elderberries
4:48 Start heating the steam-juicer
5:24 Why I recommend wearing gloves to process fresh elderberries
5:53 Mise en place (prepare your workspace)
6:05 De-stemming fresh elderberries the easy way
6:47 Blue elderberries, Sambucus nigra ssp. Caerulea
7:08 Should you worry about elderberry toxicity?
7:29 First tray of elderberries, de-stemmed in less than a minute
7:41 Regulating the heat
7:57 Adding the elderberries to the steam juicer
10:40 Choose a container to catch the juice
11:22 Things to keep in mind when using a steam juicer
13:20 Other fruits to juice in your steam juicer
14:11 What to do with the juice
14:30 Juice is filling the tubing and safe handling of hot tubing
14:54 How to release the clamp and dispense juice
15:45 How to stop the juice flow
16:28 Special consideration for preserving elderberry juice
17:01 How to safely fill jars with hot juice
18:04 Second dispensing of juice
18:52 Peek inside the steam juicer
19:00 To stir or not to stir
20:23 Third and last dispensing of juice
20:59 Introducing the Fruit Saver steam canner
21:32 Canning processing time for elderberries
22:06 It’s not hard!
23:17 Uses for leftover fruit pulp
24:24 Care and maintenance of steam juicer
26:08 Pretty pictures from Chocolate Box Cottage
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Making My Favorite Elderberry Jelly
This is my absolute favorite jelly. It takes quite a bit of time to make a couple small jars, but is worth it. I grow my own berries so the pectin is the major expense for making it.
Here is the link to the recipe.