I put 4 cups of juice into a pot with the sugar & lemon juice & boiled it for one minute, then added one pouch of liquid pectin & boiled & stirred for five minutes, but it wouldn’t “sheet” on the spoon, it just kept dripping off, so I continued to boil it until 9 minutes had passed. It was my moms, so it’s a very old implement. Yesterday I put them in small amounts into a metal “V” shaped colander with a rounded bottomed wooden “club”, for lack of a better word that you spin round & round & it squishes the juice out of the berries. When we came home I thawed them in the fridge overnight. I picked a bunch of Oregon Grape berries when we were camping & froze them. Hello & thank you for the clear recipe & directions. What will you do with your jars of Oregon Grape Jelly? Hoard it in the back of the pantry – There’s only 3 jars!Įat them to improve your vision, like you’d use bilberries or blueberries Use in place of cranberries, as a relish for turkey or goose Top thumbprint cookies for festive baking Serve as an accompaniment to lamb, beef, or venison
Process in a boiling water bath for 5 minutes. Pour into sanitized jars and cap with a 2 part canning lid. The jelly will form a sheet as it falls from the spoon when it has reached the correct temperature. Boil for 5 minutes or until the mixture reaches the jelly stage. Boil for one minute.Īdd liquid pectin and return to a boil. The butter is to inhibit foaming as the juice simmers.
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If you don’t have a full 4 cups of juice, top up with water to make a total of 4 cups. I used a potato ricer for this last pressing.ĭiscard the pulp and stems and retain the juice. Note that this will cloud the jelly but it will result in a greater yield. Press to get as much juice as possible from the fruit. Pour the fruit into the cheese cloth or jelly bag and allow it to drain naturally. Line a colander with cheese cloth or use a jelly bag. Mash the berries with a potato masher to get as much juice as possible. Simmer Oregon grapes in the water to release the juice. There’s no need to remove the stems from the berries. Yield 3 - 250ml jars of jelly Ingredients:Ĭlean ripe Oregon grape berries under cold water. The holly-like leaves are stiff adn the points are sharp and can scratch. When you go to forage Oregon grapes wear gloves to protect your hands. Once you’ve made your first batch, you’ll be planning more into your fall foraging trips. The flavour is unique, like wild blueberries with a huckleberry after taste. While they are sour they are not as sharp as rhubarb or cranberries, requiring less sugar to make them into a very delicious jelly. The Salish First Nations people used the berries to help with shell fish poisoning. The leaves, bark, and root contain berberine, a yellow alkaloid that is the same antimicrobial compound found in goldenseal. The berries are deep purple, sour, sharp-tasting, and rich in anthraquinones, the flavonoids that blue berries, bilberries, and elderberries are rich in.
The whole plant is useful for herbal medicine.
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