Description
Sweet Tea Jelly is a Southern tea preserve made with steeped tea, sugar, lemon juice, and pectin, processed using boiling water canning.
Ingredients
2 cups steeped tea
4 cups sugar
4 regular-sized tea bags
1 pouch liquid pectin
1/4 cup bottled lemon juice
Instructions
1. Steep four tea bags in 2 1/2 cups boiling water for 12 hours.
2. Remove tea bags without squeezing and strain tea.
3. Measure 2 cups tea into large pot and simmer.
4. Add sugar all at once and stir.
5. Add lemon juice and boil 1 minute.
6. Add liquid pectin and boil 1 additional minute.
7. Remove from heat and skim foam.
8. Ladle into sterilized 1/2 pint jars leaving 1/4 inch headspace.
9. Wipe rims, apply lids and rings.
10. Process in boiling water canner for 10 minutes.
11. Remove and let sit undisturbed for 24 hours.
Notes
Do not squeeze tea bags.
Use bottled lemon juice for safety.
Store sealed jars in cool dark place.