• Prepare for Canning
• Sterilize jars and lids. Set up waterbath canning equipment.

Prepare Beautyberry Fruit

• Harvest and measure out 6 cups of fruit.
• Sort out leaves and other debris. Rinse in a strainer.
• Pour into a large pot and lightly mash fruit with a potato masher.
• Add 2 quarts of water to the pot. Bring to boil over medium-high heat, stirring often and scraping down sides as needed.
• Once the fruit has come to a full boil, continue at a low boil for 20 minutes stirring often and scraping down sides of the pot as needed.
• Remove from heat, and let cool slightly.
• Strain berry uice into a bowl using a jelly strainer or several layers of cheescloth inside a regular strainer. Lightly squeeze straining cloth to extract additional juices. Discard berry pulp.

Prepare Fruit Juice for Canning

• Measure out 3 Cups of juice and pour into a clean, large pot.
• Stir in the fruit pectin.
• Bring to a FULL ROLLING BOIL over medium-high heat. Stir often. Scrape down sides as needed. Remove any foam with a spoon, or optionally, stir in 1/2 tsp butter to help control the foaming.
• Once it has come to a full rolling boil, immediately add sugar and lemon juice all at once and stir to dissolve.
• Bring back to a full rolling boil. Boil for exactly 1 minute.
• Remove pot from heat and quickly pour jelly into jelly jars, screw on lids and rings.
• Put jars into simmering waterbath canner and process according to time reccomended on the instruction sheet that accompanies the Sure Jell package. I process my jars for 10 minutes.