The beautyberries are in full fruit right now and it's time to make jelly from this highly useful plant!
Picking the berries:
Measure out 6 cups of berries, wash and pick out any trash:
Add 8 cups of water and bring to a boil for 20 minutes:
Then mash and boil another 10 minutes. Then strain through a fine cloth. I ended up with about a quart of liquid.
Bring back to a boil, add 4.5 cups of sugar (yes, that much). Add your pectin.
Ten minutes in the boiling water bath and you're done!
This batch yielded 3 and a half pints. Initial taste tests indicate positive results!!
