How to Make Mint Jelly

🧂 Ingredients

• 2 cups mint leaves
• 4 cups water
• 2 TBSP lemon juice
• 1.75oz (50g) pectin
• 3 1/2 cups sugar
• 1/2 tsp butter,

  optional

Instructions

• 1 First, wash, dry and roughly chop the mint leaves.
• 2 Add the leaves and the water to a large saucepan.
• 3 Bring to the boil. You can crush the leaves with a potato masher to get more
  flavour if you wish.
• 4 Turn off the heat and let stand for at least 10 minutes. If you want a stronger
  mint flavour, let it stand for up to 30 minutes.
• 5 Strain the leaves out, measuring 3 cups of the liquid as you do.
• 6 Add the 3 cups of liquid back into the saucepan with the lemon juice and food
  colouring (add drops until you get the desired colour) if adding. Add the
  butter, if using.
• 7 Whisk in the pectin and bring the mixture back to the boil.
• 8 Slowly add in the sugar, whisking as you go, making sure the sugar is being
  stirred through and dissolves. Once the mixture reaches a rapid boil, cook for
  an additional 2 minutes before pouring into sterilised jars.
• 9 If canning, make sure to follow proper canning instructions for processing -
  usually 10 minutes in a water bath.

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