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  • Beetroot and mint jelly

    Ingredients
    1. 3-4 medium beetroot (about 450g in total)
    2. 4 garlic cloves (optional)
    3. 1 red chilli (optional)
    4. 250ml cider vinegar
    5. 250ml apple juice
    6. 200ml apple pectin (or 1 tbsp of the powdered version), from Tesco or Sainsbury's
    7. 250g granulated sugar
    8. 1 tsp salt
    9. 50g fresh mint leaves
    Method
    1. 1. Wearing rubber gloves, peel and grate the beetroot into a bowl. Finely chop the garlic and chilli, if using, and stir into the beetroot. Transfer to a large pan with the vinegar, apple juice, pectin, sugar and salt. Bring to a simmer and cook for 40-45 minutes. It should be thickened and coat the back of a wooden spoon. Remove from the heat.
    2. 2. Roughly chop the mint leaves and stir into the pan. Transfer to sterilised jars and cool. Eat immediately or keep in a cool place for up to 6 months.

    I used jam sugar with added pectin and didn't have quite enough mint but it tastes yummy and is meant to go well with lamb or pork . It filled about 4 mint sauce sized jars with a cupful left over and I used the food processor to grate the beetroot . I added one red cayenne chilli but didn't use any garlic (cos I couldn't find it in the freezer )
    S*d the housework I have a lottie to dig
    a batch of jam is always an act of creation ..Christine Ferber

    You can't beat a bit of garden porn

  • #2
    O sounds yum.
    Eejit alert!!
    Do you cook the beetroot first or use it raw

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    • #3
      I've pinched this recipe and wrote it in my recipe book for safe keeping. Thanks Binley . xx

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      • #4
        Originally posted by CaroltheCarrot View Post
        O sounds yum.
        Eejit alert!!
        Do you cook the beetroot first or use it raw
        Peel and grate it raw - it then gets cooked in the pan.
        come visit a garden
        or read about mine www.suburbanvegplot.blogspot.com/

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        • #5
          Originally posted by perkin View Post
          Peel and grate it raw - it then gets cooked in the pan.
          Thank you.
          signed Eejit

          Just finished making this and it is seriously delicious.
          *hides it at the back of the shelf away from this lot
          Last edited by CaroltheCarrot; 10-08-2011, 04:23 PM.

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