Recipe: Perfect Mint jelly

Mint jelly. "A traditional mint jelly made from fresh mint." Save to favorites. As a first time maker of mint jelly, I was very pleased to find that this recipe was quick, simple, and made delicious jelly. Homemade mint jelly, using natural pectin from tart Granny Smith apples as a base, and fresh mint.

Here's a tutorial of the process. Mint jelly is a classic accompaniment to lamb and is particularly well suited to the simple flavors of roasted leg of lamb. Found this recipe at recipegoldmine while looking for a mint jelly that does not require apples or apple juice. You can cook Mint jelly using 9 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Mint jelly

1. It's of mint.
2. You need 50 grams of fresh mint.
3. It's 1 tbsp of sugar.
4. You need 1 tbsp of water.
5. It's of jelly.
6. It's 1 liter of juice extracted from boiling crab apples.
7. You need 2 tbsp of lemon juice.
8. You need 2 tbsp of mint prepared as explained below.
9. Prepare 800 grams of granulated sugar.

Made this up and my DH who so loves mint jelly with his lamb (I don't) loves this. Spiral-Sliced Ham with Pepper Jelly GlazePork. fully cooked bone-in ham, hot pepper jelly. Mint jelly is easy to make, but only if you know how. The basis of mint jelly also varies considerably, depending on what you're after, so a few choices are provided here.

Mint jelly step by step

1. Wash and chop mint finely. Sprinkle with the sugar and Stir water and leave to rest overnight..
2. For ease I have given the proportion to one litre and you may need to adapt depending on the amount of juice you get. Follow recipe to obtain juice. https://cookpad.com/us/recipes/463944-crab-apple-jelly.
3. Once your mint is ready you bring the crab apple juice, lemon juice and sugar to a boil. Stir until sugar dissolves..
4. When you are ready to boil to set point you add the two spoonsful of prepared mint.
5. I strained a bit of the scum and mint before potting in sterilized jars and leave to cool a bit before covering..
6. Label and you have lovely mint jelly for the rest of the year for your roast lamb..

It used to be a very chic thing to serve with roasted lamb, but all you can find in the stores these days is Real mint jelly is so easy to make, and is so pretty in the canning jars. Homemade reduced sugar (or sugar-free) mint jelly from fresh mint. You can use any variety of mint you like. For a milder taste, try spearmint; for a stronger taste, use peppermint. Festive Mint Jelly Recipe photo by Taste of Home.