Grape Juice And Jam

Total Time: 35 mins Preparation Time: 5 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• 1 kg black grapes
• water
• 2 kg sugar
• 2 teaspoons citric acid (optional)

Recipe

• 1 wash the grapes and separate from stem.
• 2 boil the grapes in just enough water to cover without stirring until grapes are cooked (skins split open and the grapes collapse)
• 3 water should be pink.
• 4 remove from heat and filter the juice in a seive carefully without crushing the fruit. (if you crush the fruit, the juice will not be clear).
• 5 for juice- take the filtered pink water and add 1 kg sugar and 1 tsp citric acid.
• 6 boil for 1 min only, remove from heat immediately and bottle.
• 7 for jam- if seedless grapes, put in a blender and make a puree, if seeds are present, rub through a seive to remove the seeds.
• 8 take the pulp, add1kg sugar and 1 tsp citric acid. boil till sheeting occurs on high heat.
• 9 bottle.