Buffalo Berry Jelly

Total Time: 45 mins Preparation Time: 45 mins

Ingredients

• 1 quart ripe buffalo berries
• 1/2 cup water
• 2 cups sugar
• 1/4 teaspoon butter

Recipe

• 1 wash, sort and stem berries.
• 2 place in deep saucepan or jelly kettle and bring to a boil, stirring often.
• 3 simmer for 10 minutes, then mash with a potato masher.
• 4 simmer an additional 5 minutes.
• 5 run through a food mill or jelly bag. you may have to mash juice out of the jelly bag with your hands to fully discharge -- there should be about 2 cups of milky juice.
• 6 measure fruit juice and add boiling water through pulp to make a full two cups. pour into deep pot, on medium-high.
• 7 add sugar and stir well.
• 8 add butter (reducing foaming) and bring to a boil. if adding pectin, do so once it has begun to boil.
• 9 boil hard for 1 minute while stirring constantly.
• 10 ladle into hot canning jars, apply lids and rings, and process in a boiling water bath for 10 minutes. jelly will turn darker, ranging from peach to orangey-red as it processes. it will not be clear, but resemble honey.