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Jalapeno Jelly

Ingredients

  • 4 jalapeno's chopped small and deseeded
  • 4 spicy yellow peppers* chopped small and deseeded
  • 2 cups apple cider vinegar standardized to 5% acidity
  • 6 tablespoons powdered pectin
  • 6 cups of sugar

Instructions

  • Wash jars and place them in your canner pot, fill canner 2/3 full with water, bring to a boil. Turn off heat, cover, and keep jars in hot canner water until ready to use.
  • Place lids in water in a small sauce pan and heat to a low boil. Turn off heat and keep lids in hot water until ready to use.
  • PUT ON GLOVES! Wash, deseed (if desired), and chop jalapeno peppers and spicy yellow peppers and whiz in a small food processor. Place in a large sauce pot.
  • Add the vinegar and bring to a boil and simmer covered for 5 minutes.
  • Strain the juice out, pressing the chilies down with a spatula so as to get all the juice. I didn't scrape the pot clean as I returned half the mash to the pot along with the liquid.
  • Add the pectin powder and bring back to a boil.
  • Add all the sugar at once, using a whisk to keep moving.**
  • Add green food coloring a few drops at a time until its the desired colour.
  • Once all the sugar has melted and it has been brought back to a boil remove from heat.
  • Fill hot jars to 1/4" from the top. Wipe rims clean. Screw on 2-piece lids.
  • Put filled jars in boiling water in canning pot (covered with water). Boil 10 minutes.
  • Remove from water. Let jars cool.
  • Check seals; lids should be sucked down.

Notes

* Spicy yellow peppers, also known as: guero chile peppers or Santa Fe Grande Chili Peppers.
** It may congeal very fast. Just keep whisking breaking it down, until the sugar has melted.