Three-pepper Jelly

Total Time: 45 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• 3/4 lb jalapeno pepper
• 3/4 lb hot banana pepper
• 1/2 lb cayenne chile
• 1 cup vinegar
• 1 cup unsweetened apple juice
• 1 3/4 ounces fruit pectin
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 5 cups granulated sugar

Recipe

• 1 sterilize jars per manufacturers instructions.
• 2 wash peppers and remove stems. chop peppers in batches in your food-processor with equal parts of the vinegar. process until chopped very fine.
• 3 and place in a large bowl with a tight fitting lid. when all pepper are chopped and vinegar has ben used up, add the apple juice,stir and cover. refrigerate for 24 hours.
• 4 to make jelly: strain juice through a jelly-bag or several layers of cheesecloth. measure out exactly 4 cups of juice. if needed, add enough apple juice to make 4 cups.
• 5 place juice, salt and surejel in a large non reactive pan and bring to a full rolling boil that cannot be stirred down (stirring constantly). add sugar and bring to a rolling boil that cannot be stirred down. stirring constantly, boil for 2 minutes and remove from heat. pour into hot sterilized jars, adjust caps and process for 10 minutes in a water bath canner.