Cardamom Grape Jelly

Total Time: 1 hr 15 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 45 mins

Ingredients

• 3 1/2 lbs concord grapes, stemmed, washed making 5 cups of juice
• 1 1/2 cups water
• 1 (1 3/4 ounce) box dry pectin
• 6 -7 cups sugar (this calls for 7 but 6 is sweet enough and does thicken to a jell)
• 1 tablespoon green cardamom pods, crushed and placed in a tea infuser

Recipe

• 1 place cardamon in a tea leave holder or cheese cloth.
• 2 cook grapes and cardamon in water in a covered saucepan.
• 3 strain mixture through cheesecloth overnight.
• 4 measure 5 cups of the juice and pour into a 5-quart kettle with the cardamom.
• 5 add the pectin and cook over high heat, stirring constantly, until the mixture comes to a full, rolling boil.
• 6 brushing sides of pot with a wet pastry brush.
• 7 boil rapidly one minute, stirring constantly.
• 8 add sugar and cardamom and boil rapidly again for one minute.
• 9 remove jelly from heat, remove cardamon and discard, skim off foam, and pour into hot sterilized jars, leaving 1/2-inch space at the top of each jar. process in water bath for 10 minutes.