Make Wild Grape Jelly in 3 Steps. 1. Pick the grapes Look for thick, prolific grape vines on shorelines or wherever the soil is sandy. The grapes are ready to harvest when they turn purple ...

The Best Grape Jelly Is Homemade. Concord grape season is a short one, but you can extend it by making this delicious preserve, Yewande Komolafe writes. Share full article. 106.

To prevent the jelly from becoming cloudy, do not press on the grapes while straining. Allow the juice to naturally strain out until you have at least 7 cups juice, at least 2 hours and up to 4 hours.

On the other hand, riper fruit makes more flavorful jelly. I can tell you this much though, whatever stage your grapes are at, homemade grape jelly is far better than any big brand jelly.

Concord grape jelly from bottled grape juice. Sometimes bottled grape juice will have other juices added. That’s OK but the only thing in the bottle should be 100% juice, no sugar added.

All you really need, though, for one batch of jelly is about 4 pounds of grapes. That will make eight 8-ounce jars of jelly. Step 3: Turning grapes into grape jelly. The process is easy.