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Scuppernong or Muscadine Jelly

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By Diana Rattray, About.com

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Ingredients:

  • 4 quarts ripe scuppernong or muscadine grapes
  • 3 cups sugar

Preparation:

Stem and wash grapes; mash and place in a pot with water to cover. Simmer for 20 minutes. Press juice out through a colander, then strain through cheesecloth. Take 4 cups of the grape juice (reserve the rest in the refrigerator or freezer for another batch). Pour measured juice back into the pot and heat to boiling. Boil juice for 5 minutes. Meanwhile, heat the sugar in a pan in a 200° oven. Pour sugar into juice and cook over medium heat until it reaches 220° on a candy thermometer, or about 25 minutes. It should sheet from a cold spoon. You can also test by removing from the heat and putting a dab in the refrigerator to cool.

Skim off foam. If making scuppernong jelly, you can add a few drops of yellow food coloring to make it more colorful. Pour into hot, sterilized jars and seal (wipe jar mouths with paper towel moistened with boiled water). Process in boiling water bath for 15 minutes, check seals.
Makes 4 pints.

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It does work!!September 09, 2008By nessmith
"I haven't tried it for myself, but in my search for a recipe, yours is the first I found made without the pectin. You brought back memories of my Mom. She and my mother-in-law argued over making jelly with pectin. Mom never used pectin in any of her jellies. She said if she wanted ""store-bought"" jelly she would go to the store. It was all sooo good and jelled perfectly. I do remember her saying you didn't get as much jelly without pectin because it had to cook down longer to jell, but it made better tasting jelly. Making it this way may come with practice cause she could just look and tell when it was ready. I'll let you know how mine turns out. Wish I had paid more attention, but never dreamed I would retire and want to make jelly myself. LOL"

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