Jalapeno jelly making for wedding favor

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chadinclw

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Jul 21, 2011
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Clearwater, FL
One of my sons is getting married in September and his bride-to-be requested jalapeno jelly for wedding favors. So, today we made and "canned" 84 4oz jars plus some 8 and 10 ounce "extras". The extras are pretty much already spoken for!

Initial staging. 

Large measuring bowl in bell pepper juice. Quart jar is jalapeno juice, etc.

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Outdoors jalapeno juicing station!

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Some of the finished product. These were "extra" jars and already spoken for.

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Looks like fun I'm sure lots of people are gonna enjoy it
 
That juicer was a $2.00 find in a thrift shop. I got tired of doing the dice and blend thing in the blender.

For "normal" batches of jelly I only need to juice out 3/4 cup of bell pepper and 1/4 cup of jalapeno (or other hot pepper) juice.

I have found I can juice and then strain into the measuring cup and this removes a lot of the "solids" resulting in a more clear jelly. You could certainly leave the floaties or fine dice some peppers for color and texture.

I don't use food coloring in my jelly, thus the yellowish color. 

Using red bells and red peppers like serranos will definately color the jelly.

I've got a bout 14 jars that are going to need to be re-heated and additional pectin added. Not sure if I spazzed or not. Sometimes a batch of the pepper jelly just remains a bit "loose".

It was fun.
 
Looks great from here. Congrats on the upcoming wedding too
 
That juicer was a $2.00 find in a thrift shop. I got tired of doing the dice and blend thing in the blender.

For "normal" batches of jelly I only need to juice out 3/4 cup of bell pepper and 1/4 cup of jalapeno (or other hot pepper) juice.

I have found I can juice and then strain into the measuring cup and this removes a lot of the "solids" resulting in a more clear jelly. You could certainly leave the floaties or fine dice some peppers for color and texture.

I don't use food coloring in my jelly, thus the yellowish color. 

Using red bells and red peppers like serranos will definately color the jelly.

I've got a bout 14 jars that are going to need to be re-heated and additional pectin added. Not sure if I spazzed or not. Sometimes a batch of the pepper jelly just remains a bit "loose".

It was fun.
Thrift shops...........great idea! 
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