re: pepper jelly recipe?

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dipping sauce for boudin and sausage

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Also fried backstrap or duck breasts

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melt some of that shite with a little butter for a stellar dipping sauce

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fantastic pork chop glaze

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you should do cowboy candy.

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whatever recipe you use, double (at least) the amount of jalapeños. I probably could have tripled it as I still didn’t have enough to pack the jars tight and I have about 4 cups of syrup leftover

I’m going to refrigerate the syrup and use it to put up some cucumbers. Gotta air out the kitchen it smells like mace

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man where has pepper jelly been all my life. Game changer on roasted/grilled meats;

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Fried breakfast sausage patties, biscuits, pepper jelly------heaven.

Also Philly Cream Cheese on a tray, covered with the jelly and eaten on crackers is great at a party.

Cgrand: try this dressing

Pepper Jelly Vinaigrette

Ingredients
1/3 cup red wine vinegar
¼ cup olive oil or vegetable oil
3 tablespoons red pepper jelly
1 small shallot, (1-2 tablespoons), minced
1 teaspoon stone ground mustard
¼ teaspoon salt
¼ teaspoon fresh ground black pepperpepper jelly

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should pepper jelly be really firm? If mine is firm, that's a fluke, it seems.

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That's more of a personal taste thing and not written in stone.

I prefer mine to come out fairly firm but easily spreadable and that all comes down to how much pectin is used in making the jelly---------too little and it is more liquid, too much and it can come out like stiff Jello. I like the happy medium like a store bought grape jelly.

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I like the happy medium like a store bought grape jelly.

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that would be my ideal as well. but it rarely, if ever, happens.

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that would be my ideal as well. but it rarely, if ever, happens.

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The good thing is, if it comes out too wet, you can always reheat it, add a little more pectin and re-can it to get your desired consistency.

I usually make it in batches of a dozen or so pints and use the liquid Certo Pectin to make mine. Damn stuff has gone up in price over the past few years, but worth it for making the jelly. Each box contains two 3 oz. packets and runs about $8 a box.

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The liquid pouches are only $4.68 for 2 3oz pouches where i live.

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That's a damn good price. I like to shite when I bought some earlier this year to make some jelly from the local Rouses and cost just over $8 with tax for that size box.

Winn-Dixie wasn't any better-----------if they even had it in stock.