I used the lighter coloured Victorial plums for this batch of jam but I have used the same recipes with dark red plums and it works just the same. What is pectin and can I make jam without it? Pectin ...

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3 cups bottled grape juice 1 pkg. powdered pectin 4 cups sugar Glass jars to hold 3 pints of jelly Combine grape juice and pectin in a saucepan and stir it with a whisk to get rid of the lumps.

Some recipes call for 7 cups of sugar for 8 cups of juice. That’s really too sweet for me. You can get a nice, tangy jelly with 4 cups of sugar. Also, since firmness depends on the pectin (I ...