Jasmine Green Tea Jelly With Ginger And Lemon

Total Time: 30 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• 4 cups cold water
• 2 tablespoons finely grated gingerroot
• 8 jasmine green tea bags (or either jasmine tea or green tea)
• 1/4 cup strained lemon juice
• 1 (1 1/2 ounce) package powdered pectin
• 5 cups sugar

Recipe

• 1 in a large saucepan, combine water and ginger. bring to a boil over high
• 2 heat. reduce heat and simmer, covered for 5 minutes.
• 3 remove from the heat and add tea bags. cover and let steep for 5 minutes.
• 4 pour through a fine mesh sieve and discard ginger and tea bags. measure
• 5 exactly 3 1/2 cups of the liquid (add water if there is not enough
• 6 liquid).
• 7 pour into a large saucepan and stir in lemon juice. stir in
• 8 pectin until dissolved. bring to a full rolling boil over high heat,
• 9 stirring constantly.
• 10 add sugar in a steady stream, stirring constantly. return to a full
• 11 rolling boil, stirring constantly to dissolve sugar. boil hard for 1 minute.
• 12 remove from the heat and skim off foam if needed. ladle into prepared
• 13 jars leaving a 1/4" headspace.
• 14 process jars in a boiling water bath for
• 15 10 minutes. adjust time according to your altitude.
• 16 serving suggestions: use this jelly to glaze fruit flans or tarts.
• 17 variations: jasmine green tea jelly: omit the ginger.
• 18 green tea jelly with honey: use regular green tea and replace 1/2 cup of
• 19 the sugar with liquid honey. if desired, omit the ginger.