Easy Red Wine Jelly

Red Wine Jelly is super easy. I made it in less than half an hour.

Start with one bottle of red wine.
Add 1/2 cup lemon juice
Add one packet of pectin
Whisk all those things together and bring to a boil.
Add 4 1/2 cups of sugar.
And bring it all to a hard boil, stirring constantly. Keep it at a hard boil for two minutes. Then can using your standard canning techniques.

Jalapeno Jelly

I spent most of the day making Jalapeno Jelly today.

First, you start with jalapenos, a green pepper, 4 lbs. of apples, 1 c. cranberries, white vinegar and water.You cook it down to a mush that looks like applesauce, but stinks up your house and makes your eyes burn.

From there, you need to strain it for a couple hours.
After those few hours, you get about 4 cups of liquid.
Next, you mix it with 3 1/2 cups of sugar and heat to about 220 degrees.
Lastly, you use standard canning techniques to store.
As you can see, I ended up with 6 and a half tiny jars for hours of work. It is very good though, so worth it.