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Jalapeno Pepper Jelly

Ingredients

Pomona's Calcium Water

  • ½ teaspoon calcium powder in the small packet in your box of Pomona’s pectin
  • ½ cup water

Rest of Ingredients

  • 1 yellow pepper chopped small and deseeded
  • 2 jalapeno's chopped small and deseeded
  • 1 yellow spicy pepper chopped small and deseeded
  • 1 1/3 cups apple cider vinegar standardized to 5% acidity
  • 2 teaspoons of above calcium water
  • 2 1/4 cups Splenda put 1/2 cup of this amount into a small bowl and set aside
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons Pomona’s Pectin powder

Instructions

  • Make the calcium water by combining the calcium powder with the water in a small, clear jar with a lid. Shaking well to mix.
  • Thoroughly mix pectin powder into the 1/2 cup of Splenda. Set aside.
  • 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.
  • Add the chopped yellow pepper to a small food processor
  • PUT ON GLOVES! Wash, deseed (if desired), and chop jalapeno peppers and spicy yellow. Add to the small food processor.
  • Give a whiz until particles are small.
  • Add to a large sauce pot.
  • Measure vinegar into sauce pot.
  • Bring peppers and vinegar to a boil and simmer covered for 5 minutes.
  • Strain using a very fine sieve and put juice back into pot and bring to a boil.
  • Add 2 teaspoons of the calcium water, whisking to mix.
  • Add pectin-Splenda mix, stirring vigorously for 1 to 2 minutes to dissolve the pectin.
  • Add remaining Splenda once pectin is dissolved. Stir well and return to a full boil.
  • Once the jam returns to a full boil, remove it from the heat.
  • Fill hot jars to 1/4" of top. Wipe rims clean. Screw on 2-piece lids.
  • Put filled jars in boiling water in canning pot (to cover). Boil 10 minutes.
  • Remove from water. Let jars cool.
  • Check seals; lids should be sucked down.
  • Eat within 1 year. Lasts 3 weeks once opened.

Notes

Keep the calcium water in the fridge in a small container. It will last a VERY long time!
This made 2 very small jars. I may try and double the recipe next time and see what type of results I get.