Lemon Jelly

Total Time: 17 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 2 mins

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup fresh lemon juice
• 1 1/3 cups sugar
• 2 ounces pectin (1 box)

Recipe

• 1 in a 3 or 4 quart saucepan, mix together the lemon juice, sugar, and pectin and bring to a boil, stirring at first to smooth and blend the ingredients. allow to boil exactly 2 minutes and remove from the heat.
• 2 wet a strong paper towel or a fine textured dishcloth with cold water, wring out, and place the paper or cloth in a strainer over a pyrex 2-cup measure. let the jelly slowly drip through. cool and seal, or cool and refrigerate.
• 3 orange jelly: use 1/2 cup orange juice plus 1/4 cup lemon juice and grated zest of 1 orange (this is strained out after imparting its flavor).