Dandelion Jelly
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Dandelion Jelly
After reading an article in my latest Mother Earth News my curiosity was piqued. I had heard of eating dandelion greens and dandelion wine, but never of dandelion jelly. I did a little searching around and found this recipe for dandelion jelly and promptly headed to the backyard with a basket and my daughter. We picked a ton of dandelions, but ended up with just enough to make a 1/2 batch of jelly - good enough for a test run!
I became rather efficient removing the yellow flower from the green base (the green can impart a bitter taste, apparently). The cooking itself went very fast as well. My batch turned out a lot darker than I expected, I think it’s due to me using organic sugar which wasn’t bleached.
Now for the taste test. I had read some reports that it was surprisingly good, but I was still skeptical. I took a sample taste, and then tried it on some wheat toast … absolutely phenomenal! I am so impressed with it, that I will easily make more for both my family as well as gifts!
Backyard ingredients, easy to make, incredibly delicious - how can you beat it?!
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Wow..never thought about dandelion jelly. I am not one that cares for marmalade so I was wondering if it is similar to that or not. What exactly did it taste like. I am sure the girls would love to try making some!
Thanks
It’s hard to explain exactly what it tasted like. You could taste a hint of lemon, and a hint of the original dandelion (as you would have thought it would have tasted). However, it also had a familiar taste that we can’t put our finger on. Julia says it was almost like a peach flavor. Overall we all love it though!
I’m sure your girls would love to make it - it was fun for us to go picking the dandelions in the backyard with a basket! We only did a 1/2 batch of that recipe and it made 3 1/2 jelly jars. Maybe start with something small like that?
Enjoy!
Yeah, I can’t really tell you exactly what it tasted like. It was sweet, though, and very good. I’d give it a shot if I were you (well, I did give it a shot- or Nate did, anyway…). You can always give it away if you don’t like it personally!!