Recipe: Tasty Margarita Jelly

Margarita Jelly.

You can cook Margarita Jelly using 9 ingredients and 11 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Margarita Jelly

1. You need 1 1/2 cup of freshly squeezed lime juice.
2. It's 1/2 cup of freshly squeezed orange juice.
3. You need 1 cup of water.
4. Prepare 4 1/2 cup of sugar.
5. You need 1/4 cup of tequila.
6. Prepare 1 tsp of grated lime zest.
7. You need 1 packages of (1 3/4 ounces) powdered fruit pectin.
8. You need 1 of lime peel strips.
9. You need 2 of drops green food coloring.

Margarita Jelly instructions

1. In a large Dutch oven, combine fruit juices, water, and pectin over medium high heat..
2. Bring to a rolling boil..
3. Add sugar..
4. Stirring constantly, bring to a rolling boil again and boil 1 minute..
5. Remove from heat; skim off foam..
6. Stir in tequila, lime zest, and food coloring..
7. Place a lime strip in each heat resistant jar..
8. Spoon jelly into jars; cover and cool to room temperature..
9. Store in refrigerator..
10. *This recipe makes about 6 1/2 cups jelly.*.
11. **A jar of this makes a nice gift along with some crackers and cream cheese.**.