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Alaska Fireweed Jelly
A unique and tasty jelly made from wild Alaska wildflowers to be spread piece of toast.
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Prep Time
1
hour
hr
10
minutes
mins
Cook Time
25
minutes
mins
Course
Snack
Cuisine
American
Servings
24
ounces
Equipment
1 Large Pot
1 Strainer
1 Stirring Spoon
1 Cheesecloth
1 Ladle
6 4-oz jars
Ingredients
8
cups
Fireweed flowers
4 1/2
cups
Water
1/4
cup
Lemon juice
freshly squeezed
2
packages
Sure-Jell pectin
5
cups
Sugar
Instructions
Harvest wild fireweed flowers.
Rinse flowers and strain water.
Place clean flowers in large pot.
Add water and lemon juice to pot.
Bring pot to a boil.
Boil for 10 minutes to make a tea.
Strain tea into a large bowl using cheesecloth.
Discard flowers.
Pour tea back into pot and bring it to a boil.
Add both packages of pectin and stir.
Add 1 cup of sugar at a time until dissolved.
After all sugar is added and dissolved, boil for 1 more minute.
Turn off heat.
Carefully ladle jelly into canning jars.
Close jars 'finger tight'.
Seal jars in a water bath.
Let set for 24 hours.
Enjoy!
Notes
This recipe and instructions are based off of a recipe created by Maija L. You can see her
cooking instructables here
.
Keyword
jelly, spread,