How to Strain Seeds from Fruit when Making Jelly

Step-by-Step Guide

1. 1

   Step 1: Find a good recipe for fruit jelly and follow its directions for cooking and softening the fruit.

   If you do not have a jelly bag, wet several squares of cheesecloth big enough to line a colander or strainer. , You could also suspend the lined colander or strainer over a container. ,, This can take 1 hour or several hours. , If you are making grape jelly, place the juice in the refrigerator for 8 hours or overnight.
   
   Grape juice makes crystals that need to settle out of the juice.
   
   In the morning, strain the grape juice again through a clean, damp jelly bag or clean damp cheesecloth-lined colander.
   
   This will only take a few minutes. ,
2. 2

   Step 2: Wet a large jelly bag or several jelly bags (depending on how much you’re making) by soaking them for a few minutes in warm water.

3. 3

   Step 3: Suspend the damp jelly bag over a container large enough to collect all the strained juice.

4. 4

   Step 4: Pour the warm

5. 5

   Step 5: softened fruit into the jelly bag or lined colander until it’s about 3/4 full.

6. 6

   Step 6: Allow the juice from the fruit to drip into your container.

7. 7

   Step 7: Discard the fruit puree in the jelly bag or colander after the juice stops dripping.

8. 8

   Step 8: Add the sugar and/or pectin called for in your recipe and continue cooking and processing your jelly as directed.

Detailed Guide

About the Author