Summer is the season of watermelons. If you are bored of having fresh fruit slices, water melon juice and even flavored ice cream, try the delicious and unique watermelon jelly. The fruit and a few handy ingredients is all you need to whip up this fruity jelly. Make this recipe in a huge batch and store it well, and you are all set for healthy and sumptuous summer-time snack! On top of all of that, this recipe is also very simple to prepare, and can be done in a matter of minutes, so get to blending right now.
Perfect as a dessert, this jelly works well as a refreshing snack of the day. Carry it in Vaya Preserve so you can enjoy the refreshing cold jelly all through the day.
Ingredients
watermelon – seeded and chopped: 6 cups
sugar: 5 cups
white wine vinegar or white balsamic vinegar: 1/3 cup
lemon juice: 1/4 cup
red food coloring – optional: 2 - 3 drops
liquid fruit pectin: 6 oz
How To Make Watermelon Jelly
- Place watermelon in a food processor.
- Cover and process the watermelon until it is pureed.
- Line a strainer with four layers of cheesecloth and place them over a bowl.
- Place pureed watermelon in a prepared strainer and cover the edges of the cheesecloth.
- Let sit for 10 minutes.
- Discard watermelon pulp from the cheesecloth.
- Place the liquid in a large saucepan.
- Stir in lemon juice, sugar, vinegar, and food coloring as desired.
- Bring to a full rolling boil over high heat while constantly stirring.
- Stir in pectin.
- Continue to boil 1 minute while stirring constantly.
- Remove the mixture from the heat.
- Skim off the foam.
- Ladle the hot mixture into five hot half-pint jars.
- a. Wipe rims.
- Place jars into canner with simmering water.
- Bring to a boil for 10 minutes.
- Remove jars and let cool.
- Note: Make sure to leave a minimum of 1/4-in. headspace.
- Note: Make sure that they are entirely covered with water.
Trivia
The process of making smoothies has existed for hundreds of years, but smoothies were only called smoothies after the invention of the blender.