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Jelly Summer
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| Violet Jelly |
Jam or jelly? Mostly, I seem to make jam. Dan loves strawberry and we have tons of blueberries and figs, so these lend themselves well to pantry shelves loaded with pint jars of jam. I confess my favorite has always been jelly, especially muscadine. That's a fall thing, though, and this past summer I've been experimenting with flower jellies.
It started with that violet jelly I made last April. My daughter was visiting and was intrigued at the idea of making something so beautiful and edible from flowers. She started looking up flower jelly recipes and we ended up making quite a few different kinds.
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| Honeysuckle Jelly |
The basic recipe is the same: to make an infusion of the selected flower and use the “tea” as the “juice” for the jelly. They all have lemon juice for the acidity, and so have a slightly tangy flavor, but each one has a delicate flavor in it's own right. The white clover and honeysuckle jellies taste like honey!
We used half-pint jars and ended up with nearly two dozen total. They make wonderful gifts!
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| Daylily Jelly |
Once the garden harvest is done I will turn to making elderberry and my annual mixed fruit jelly. I've still got green beans, okra, and black turtle beans to harvest and preserve. Tomatoes and green peppers are down to just a few now and then for salads. Also still to harvest our my three beds of sweet potatoes. Then I can pull out the various fruits I've gathered and frozen, and get to work on jelly and jam making once again.
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| White Clover Jelly |
I have about four gallons frozen elderberries, a handful of wild blackberries, two handfuls of sand cherries, and my red raspberry. 
Plenty of frozen blueberries too, which could contribute to the jelly making as well.
The only other thing I have in the freezer is a small amount of dandelion petals. I hoped to collect enough to make dandelion jelly as well, but didn't manage enough for this year. Maybe next year.
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| Rose Petal Jelly |
Flower jellies will be on my list of annual jellies to make from now on. You can see how pretty they are and they certainly do taste good too.
Source: http://www.5acresandadream.com/2014/10/jelly-summer.html
