Kraft Heinz, the producers of SURE-JELL and CERTO brand pectin are driving me batty. There used to be a lovely little recipe insert in the SURE-JELL boxes with many jelly recipes. To cut costs, I assume, they stopped including the recipe inserts in the boxes and now they have a cute little QR code you can scan to find the recipes that used to be in the insert. Well, their website sucks and the recipes on the website are poorly written with important details missing.
For example, I'm getting ready to make a few batches of red raspberry jelly, so I'm reviewing this recipe and it is missing a few details I would expect from a safe, tested recipe. Such as:
1. Jar size
2. Number of jars (yield)
3. Elevation adjustments
Now this isn't my first rodeo, so I'm going to go ahead and assume that the recipe is intended for half-pint jelly jars and that it makes ~8 jars because the top of the recipe says "8 servings". I'm below 1000' elevation so I won't need an elevation adjustment. A half-pint jar is not a "serving", and I shouldn't have to make any assumptions to correctly follow a safe, tested recipe.
by yolef
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But the ball complete guide to canning. It’s an excellent resource and proven recipes.
I found the almost identical recipe on the Ball site with a bit more info. https://www.ballmasonjars.com/blog?cid=black-raspberry-jelly
FYI I posted photos of the Sure Jell insert on a previous rant post somewhere in this sub. I think you can probably find it in my comment history?