Jelly

Guava Jelly

Guava Jelly is a low-sugar cooked jelly made with Pomona’s Universal Pectin. Pomona’s Pectin contains no sugar or preservatives and jells reliably with low amounts of any sweetener.

 

Yield: 4 to 5 cups

Ingredients

3 lbs fully ripe guava (to make 4 cups guava juice)
3 cups water
4 teaspoons calcium water
¼ cup lemon juice (if guava is sweet)
¾ cup up to 2 cups sugar
4 teaspoons Pomona’s Pectin powder

Before You Begin

Prepare calcium water. To do this, combine ½ teaspoon calcium powder (in the small packet in your box of Pomona’s pectin) with ½ cup water in a small, clear jar with a lid. Shake well. Extra calcium water should be stored in the refrigerator for future use.

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Directions

1) Prepare boiling water canner. Heat jars in simmering water until ready for use. Wash lids and bands and set aside.

2) Cut thin slices of unpeeled guava and put in sauce pan. Add water. Bring to a boil, turn down heat, and simmer covered for 5 minutes. Mash guava. Pour mashed fruit into a jelly bag and let drip into bowl until dripping stops. Gently squeeze jelly bag for last bit of juice.

3) Measure 4 cups juice into sauce pan.

4) Add calcium water and lemon juice (if needed), and mix well.

5) Measure sugar into a bowl. Thoroughly mix pectin powder into sugar. Set aside.

6) Bring juice mixture to a full boil. Add pectin-sugar mixture, stirring vigorously for 1 to 2 minutes to dissolve the pectin while the jelly comes back up to a boil. Once the jelly returns to a full boil, remove it from the heat.

7) Fill hot jars to ¼” of top. Wipe rims clean. Screw on 2-piece lids. Put filled jars in boiling water to cover. Boil 10 minutes (add 1 minute more for every 1,000 ft. above sea level). Remove from water. Let jars cool. Check seals; lids should be sucked down. Eat within 1 year. Lasts 3 weeks once opened.

 

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