Sweet Tea Jam
Sweet Tea Jam
Ingredients
- 2 cups steeped tea
- 4 cups sugar
- 1/4 cup bottled lemon juice
- 1 pouch liquid pectin
Instructions
- To start steep 4 tea bags in 2 1/2 cups of boiling water for 12 hours but do not squeeze the bags when you drain them. Strain through a jelly bag or cheese cloth.
- In a dutch oven or stainless steel pot add the tea and turn the heat on high to get the tea simmering. Measure the sugar into a bowl and add the sugar all at once.
- Add the lemon juice and bring the recipe up to a boil for 1 minute. Add the liquid pectin, boil for 1 minute and remove from heat, skim any foam.
- In sterilized half pint jars, ladle in the jelly. Fill the jars to 1/4" headspace.
- Clean the rims and add lids and rings. Process in water bath for 10 minutes. Remove and let sit on a dish towel overnight.
- To make the popsicles from the jam: From Audrey: "I water down the jam andfreeze it. Since it has sugar already added you don't need to do much to turnit into a popsicle. It depends on your jam and your tastes on how much youwater it down."