Garlic Jelly

When I heard Carla from Chocolate Moosey was

hosting Weekend Cookbook Challenge,

I knew I was in.

The theme is garlic and it's suppose to be the main event.

Not just a clove or two of garlic thrown in some little dish but it is meant to be center stage.

You know what I mean?

Well...

It didn't take much thinking for me to figure out what I was gonna do.

Garlic Jelly!!!

Here's my set up. I have the larger pot for keeping the jars hot and then I use it again to boil my jars for processing. The small sauce pan has hot water and my lids in it. The medium sauce pan is where I'm making the jam. Oh, and the jar lifter is there in the middle. See it?

Jelly after processing

In this recipe, you simmer the garlic in vinegar for 15 minutes,

then you let it seep for 24 to 36 hours.

Well...

let me tell you...

that stuff stunk the house up so bad, that Hubby and I couldn't sleep.

The second night wasn't so bad, but... that first night...

WHOOWEE, STINKY!

Here's the jam in the kitchen window so you can see that pretty color. Well,... that pretty artificial color. I use a tad bit of orange food coloring to get that Autumn color.

For the recipe, you press the garlic out of the vinegar you just simmered and then used the flavored vinegar basically as the fruit in the recipe. Add your sugar, pectin, water and cook it up. Pour jelly into the warm jars, put them back in their bath and boil for 10 minutes. Easy Peasy!

Looking past the jam, this is my view out the kitchen window.

The beginning of my maple tree is starting to lose her leaves.

This jelly was a pleasant surprise. Despite the overwelming stinch that first night,

this jelly was pretty mild. It's great with cream cheese over crackers for the holidays

(which really is just around the corners)

or makes a great little gift.

I'm brushing it on grilled chicken!

Happy Fall Ya All!

Garlic Jelly
found at Recipezaar

Ingredients
1/2 cup fresh garlic, finely chopped
2 cups white wine vinegar
5 1/2 cups sugar
3 cups water
1 (2 ounce) package dry pectin
1/4 teaspoon butter or oil
2 drops food coloring (optional)

Directions

1Combine garlic& vinegar in a 2 qt.
kettle.
Simmer mixture gently, uncovered, over medium heat for 15 minutes.
Remove pan from heat& pour mixture into a 1 quart glass jar.
Cover& let stand at room temperature for 24-36 hours.
Pour flavored vinegar through a wire strainer into a bowl, pressing the garlic with the back of a spoon to squeeze out liquid.
Discard any residue.
Measure the liquid& add vinegar, if needed, to make 1 cup.
Measure sugar into a dry bowl.
0Combine the garlic-vinegar solution& the water in a 5 or 6 quart kettle.
Add pectin, stirring well.
over high heat, bring mixture to boil, stirring constantly to avoid scorching.
Add sugar,& stir well.
Bring mixture to a full, rolling boil.
Add butter to reduce foaming.
Continue stirring.
Boil the mixture hard for exactly 2 minutes.
Remove pan from heat& skim off any foam.
Add red, yellow or orange food coloring if desired.
Pour jelly into prepared glasses.
Seal according to directions on recipe folder in pectin package.

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