Carolina Reaper Jelly

[Worth1]

Originally Posted by dmforcier

You can reheat the batch and add some fruit et al. Sloppy, but it should re-set. I've done it when the set wasn't as good as I wanted.

The magic number for setting is 218F I just did a test jar of Fresno pepper lemon jelly and I let it get to 230F no pectin and it set up nicely at a 1:1 ratio of sugar water with lemon juice and citric acid.

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[pmcgrady]

I put the last of the reapers in a dehydrator I've had for years... It ran for about 3 hours, then quit.
These things are evil...

[Fritz77]

Nice recipe. Unfortunately I have a bad stomach, so despite loving hot peppers I can barely eat any . Carolina reapers would definetely kill me. I was thinking about trying it maybe with some milder variety.
Do you store your jelly jars in the fridge? Do you know how long this jelly keeps?

Originally Posted by pmcgrady

I used a recipe from the Ball Canning Preserving book for jalapeño jelly which called for
3/4# jalopenos ( I used 8 Reapers and 1 sweet red bell pepper)
2 cups vinegar
6 cups sugar
2 packs 3 oz liquid pectin
No food coloring, the color is all from the peppers.

[pmcgrady]

Originally Posted by Fritz77

Nice recipe. Unfortunately I have a bad stomach, so despite loving hot peppers I can barely eat any . Carolina reapers would definetely kill me. I was thinking about trying it maybe with some milder variety.
Do you store your jelly jars in the fridge? Do you know how long this jelly keeps?

No I store on a shelf in the pantry, I'm eating last years jelly now and it's very good, so it will keep for at least a year. The Ball canning/preserving book is my canning bible, definitely worth the 10 bucks, lots of great canning recipes.

[Zana]

As long as you process the jars and get a good seal, you shouldn't have to store them in the fridge until they've been opened for eating.

[Worth1]

Originally Posted by Zana

As long as you process the jars and get a good seal, you shouldn't have to store them in the fridge until they've been opened for eating.

Even then they aren't going to go south on you if you leave them out for the normal amount of time it takes to eat a jar.

This stuff has been around a lot longer than a confounded refrigerator has.

I still think the government is in cahoots with the big manufactures on refrigeration of stuff.
All they have to do is put on the label refrigerate after opening or keep refrigerated and they end up selling millions of giant refrigerators.

As for the Ball Blue book.
While I was looking for something else I found mine from 1991 and as a bonus I found my Kerr Kitchen cook book from 1991.
The Ball Book has a price tag on it for $3.58
In my opinion the Kerr book is better.

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[Jimbotomateo]

Originally Posted by Worth1

Even then they aren't going to go south on you if you leave them out for the normal amount of time it takes to eat a jar.

This stuff has been around a lot longer than a confounded refrigerator has.

I still think the government is in cahoots with the big manufactures on refrigeration of stuff.
All they have to do is put on the label refrigerate after opening or keep refrigerated and they end up selling millions of giant refrigerators.

As for the Ball Blue book.
While I was looking for something else I found mine from 1991 and as a bonus I found my Kerr Kitchen cook book from 1991.
The Ball Book has a price tag on it for $3.58
In my opinion the Kerr book is better.
My friends father was working for man with store full of ice boxes back in the day. Refridgerators we're coming into vogue so the man says , Wayne these ice boxes are worthless, throw em on the truck and haul them to the dump". He did as instructed and now people are selling them as antiques!
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