Grape Butter

Total Time: 4 hrs 5 mins Preparation Time: 5 mins Cook Time: 4 hrs

Ingredients

• 1 gallon grapes
• 1/4 cup water
• honey, up to 3/4 cup

Recipe

• 1 in a large stainless or enamel pot add grapes and water.
• 2 heat to medium high and mash grapes.
• 3 continue to cook as mixture thickens, about 30 minutes.
• 4 stir frequently.
• 5 put grapes and juice through a food mill to remove seeds.
• 6 return pulp to pot and cook over medium low heat for 2-3 hours, stirring frequently.
• 7 you may need more cooking time depending on the amount of juice your grapes hold.
• 8 when product is quite thick place a drop of grape butter on a frozen plate.
• 9 if you get a ring of fluid around grape butter drop you need to continue to cook.
• 10 repeat test until no liquid ring appears.
• 11 at this point taste and add honey if you wish.
• 12 when done, ladle butter into clean, hot sterile jars leaving 1/2 inch head space and seal.
• 13 process in a boiling water bath for 10 minutes at altitudes up to 1000 feet.