Title: Paradise Jelly
Categories: Jam Fruit
Yield: 1 Servings
| 20 | md | Cooking apples; or any |
| 12 | | Pineapple or other variety quince |
| 2 | qt | Cranberries |
| 2 | | Vanilla beans |
| | | Sugar |
Recipe by: DDMmom The apples and quince must be washed, the stem and
blossom ends scooped out and each one quartered. Remove any bruises to
clean flesh. Pick over the cranberries, discarding any less than perfect.
Place all in non aluminum pot and barely cover with water Boil until they
are quite soft. Strain through jelly bag. Slice vanilla beans once
lengthwise, and place in clean pot. Add strained liquid and boil gently for
12 minutes. Set beans aside. Measure juice, usin 1 cup juice to 1 cup
sugar, and cooking no more than 4 cups at a time. Place in clean pot. Boil
until jelly sheets from spoon. Pour into 1/2 pint sterilized jars and seal.
Process 5 minutes in boiling bath. NOTE: Cheat if you like, and add more
water to the fruit after the first straining. Boil and strain that, combine
with the first liquid and continue as directed. There's so much pectin in
the fruit you can get away with it. Of course if you're going for the top
prize at the fair, you might want to forego that this time. Use the vanilla
beans in the water you boil for your next few pitchers of herbal iced tea.