I’ve been a jam and jelly-making fool lately.  It’s not that we eat either one at every single meal, but we do enjoy a taste occasionally.  I just enjoy using the bounty of the season in ways that I can share with others, and this is one way that I do that.  It’s always nice to have a little something to send home with guests and visitors or as a little birthday or seasonal gift.

If you’ve been following Dining With Debbie at all, you know how much I love, love anything tart, especially lemons and limes.  This simple jelly fills that bill quite well.  It may be a sweet jam, but it retains that little bit of pucker as well.  It makes a delicious topping on English muffins, toast or biscuits and adds some wow to a peanut butter sandwich.  Plus, it is totally summer in a jar.

I just may be addicted, actually.

It reminds me a little of lemon curd but without the added butter.  And just like lemon curd, I bet this jelly would be awesome on warm gingerbread. 

Gingerbread?  I believe I’ll go bake some right now and let you know how this jelly works on that.

Tangerine-Lemon Jelly
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Ingredients
  1. 3 lemons
  2. 9-10 tangerines
  3. 1 box dry fruit pectin
  4. 4 1/2 cups granulated sugar
Instructions
  1. Squeeze the lemons and tangerines to give 4 cups of juice. Bring the juice to a boil over high heat in a large stainless steel or enamel saucepan, cover, reduce heat and simmer for 10 minutes, stirring occasionally. Remove from the heat.
  2. Strain juice through sieve lined with a coffee filter in order to get a very clear jelly. Return strained liquid to saucepan and stir in pectin. Bring to a full boil over high heat, reduce heat and boil gently for 1 minutes, stirring constantly. Remove from heat.
  3. Ladle into sterilized jars and process in a water bath canner for 5-6 minutes after the water returns to a boil.
  4. Need canning directions? Go see how to do that on my post for Autumn Fruit Jam.
Adapted from Small Batch Preserving, 2001 by Topp and Howard
Adapted from Small Batch Preserving, 2001 by Topp and Howard
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