Highbush Cranberry Jelly Recipe

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Highbush Cranberry Jelly
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Ingredients
6
Count
Nutrition
219
Calories
Total time
30
Minutes
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Ingredients:

  • 4 cups highbush cranberries
  • 6 cups water
  • additional water (as needed)
  • 7 cups sugar
  • 1/2 tsp margarine or 1/2 tsp butter
  • 1 packet liquid pectin (certo)

Directions:

  1. Bring the berries and water to a boil and simmer for 10 minutes.
  2. Crush the berries or put through a food mill.
  3. Strain the juice in a cheesecloth-lined sieve.
  4. Add any additional water if need to bring the juice up to 5 cups.
  5. Bring the juice and sugar up to a boil.
  6. Add the margarine, then the liquid pectin.
  7. Bring back to a boil, stirring constantly boil hard for 1 minute.
  8. Remove from heat.
  9. Skim foam from surface and pour into sterile pint jars and seal.
  10. Process in boiling water bath for 5 minutes.
  11. NOTE: Highbush cranberries are a fruit of the honeysuckle, and completely different fruit than the lowbush or commercial cranberry.
  12. Highbush cranberries grow on a shrub with pointed leaves whereas cranberries grow on a vine with oval leaves.
  13. Highbush cranberries have a single seed, which needs to be removed.
  14. If you have ever smelled something reminiscent of stinky socks on a stroll through the bush, you are likely very close to a good patch of highbush cranberries.
  15. The seeded pulp of the highbush cranberry can be used interchangeably with the pulp of the regular cranberry in any recipe.
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Nutrition Facts

Per ServingPer 100 g
Amount Per 1 Serving
Calories 218.97 Kcal (917 kJ)
Calories from fat 1.15 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 0.13g 0%
Sodium 3.02mg 0%
Potassium 1.15mg 0%
Total Carbs 56g 19%
Sugars 54.88g 220%
Calcium 10mg 1%
Amount Per 100 g
Calories 145.05 Kcal (607 kJ)
Calories from fat 0.76 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 0.08g 0%
Sodium 2mg 0%
Potassium 0.76mg 0%
Total Carbs 37.1g 19%
Sugars 36.35g 220%
Calcium 6.7mg 1%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
Find out how many calories should you eat.

Tastes

  • salty
  • savory
  • bitter
  • sweet
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Recipe Tags

Weightwatchers Points

  • 4.4
    Points
  • 6
    PointsPlus

Good Points

  • fat free,
  • saturated fat free,
  • sodium free,
  • cholesterol free

Bad Points

  • High in Sugar

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