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.
Servings 5 cups
Ingredients
- 4 cups guava juice about 3 lbs fresh guava
- 3 cups water
- 4 teaspoons calcium water see step #1
- ¼ cup lemon juice bottled if guava is sweet
- ¾ cup up to 2 cups sugar
- 4 teaspoons Pomona’s Pectin powder mixed with sweetener
Instructions
- 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.
- Wash jars, lids, and bands. Place jars in canner, fill canner 2/3 full with water, bring to a boil. Turn off heat, cover, and keep jars in hot canner water until ready to use. Place lids in water in a small sauce pan; cover and heat to a low boil. Turn off heat and keep lids in hot water until ready to use.
- 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.
- Measure 4 cups juice into sauce pan.
- Add calcium water and lemon juice (if needed), and mix well.
- Measure sugar into a bowl. Thoroughly mix pectin powder into sugar. Set aside.
- 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.
- 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.
Merry
Can I use frozen guava puree such as Goya?
Can I adjust to replace part of the sugar with Stevia?
Janice
Can you use store bought guava nectar or juice to make this recipe?
Shelby Collings
You sure can, as long as it is all natural with no additional sweeteners.