JELLIES: Recipes for making jellies from juices are readily available. Consult a
cookbook or food-preserving manual. For beginners, we have listed a couple of easy
freezer jelly recipes.
Follow your pectin directions for appropriate fruits, or use Certo Fruit Pectin.
FREEZER STRAWBERRY JELLY
1¾ cups Strawberry juice
4 cups Sugar
2 tbsp. Strained lemon juice
½ bottle (3 oz.) Fruit Pectin
Add the sugar to the juice. Mix well. Mix the lemon juice and pectin in a small bowl.
Stir into the juice. Continue stirring for 3 minutes. Pour quickly into the jars. Cover
immediately. Allow to set at room temperature, then store in the freezer. Makes 5
medium jars.
FREEZER GRAPE JELLY
2 cups Grape juice
4 cups Sugar
2 tbsp. Water
½ bottle (3 oz.) Fruit Pectin
Add the sugar to the juice. Mix well. Mix the water and pectin in a small bowl. Stir
into the juice. Continue stirring for 3 minutes. Pour quickly into the jars. Cover
immediately. Allow to set at room temperature, then store in the freezer. Makes 4
medium jars.
TOMATO SOUP
7 qt. Peeled, cored tomatoes
3 cups Onion, chopped
3 stalks Celery
2 Red peppers
4 Grated Carrots
Add ingredients to the food basket. Puree the leftover pulp in a blender. Add to
clear juice until the consistency suits you. Pour into the canning jars, leaving a one-
inch space at the top of the jar. Process in a pressure cooker at 10 lbs. of pressure
(30 minutes for quarts or 20 minutes for pints).