---------- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.02 Title: Remaking Soft Jellies Categories: Canning, Preservings Yield: 1 recipe Measure jelly to be re-cooked. Work with no more than 4 to 6 cups at a time. To Remake With Powdered Pectin: For each quart of jelly, mix 1/4 cup sugar, 1/2 cup water, 2 tb bottled lemon juice, and 4 ts powdered pectin. Bring to a boil while stirring. Add jelly and bring to a rolling boil over high heat, stirring constantly. Boil hard for 30 seconds. Remove from heat, quickly skim foam off jelly, and fill sterile jars, leaving 1/4" headspace. Adjust new lids and process as recommended in Table 1. For more information on how to sterilize jars see "Jars and Lids". To Remake With Liquid Pectin: For each quart of jelly, measure 3/4 cup sugar, 2 tb bottled lemon juice, and 2 tb liquid pectin. Bring jelly only to boil over high heat, while stirring. Remove from heat and quickly add the sugar, lemon juice, and pectin. Bring to a full rolling boil, stirring constantly. Boil hard for 1 minute. Quickly skim off foam and fill sterile jars, leaving 1/4" headspace. Adjust new lids and process as recommended in Table 1. To Remake Without Added Pectin: For each quart of jelly, add 2 tb bottled lemon juice. Heat to boiling and boil for 3 to 4 minutes. Use one of the tests described on page 5 to determine jelly doneness. Remove from heat, quickly skim off foam, and fill sterile jars, leaving 1/4" headspace. Adjust new lids and process as recommended in Table 1. Table 1. Recommended process time for Remade Soft Jellies in a boiling-water canner. Style of pack: Hot Jar size: Half-pints or Pints Process time at altitudes of: 0 - 1,000 feet -- 5 minutes 1,001 - 6,000 feet -- 10 minutes Above 6,000 feet -- 15 minutes Recipe FROM: USDA Agriculture Information Bulletin #539, 1994 Formatted by: Karen Mintzias -----