Grape jelly?? Made juice today

[Danaus29]

Dd and I picked a mess of wild grapes and made juice. Turned out pretty well but there is only 1/2 pint of juice. Does anyone have any good recipes for jelly using that little juice? I don't have any way to get more, we picked all the grapes.

[Common Tator]

Add apple juice to make up the rest of the juice you need. The grape flavor should dominate because it is stronger.

[Danaus29]

The recipe I have calls for a quart. Would it still taste like grape? And would raw cider be better? I could freeze the juice until they have cider in Laurelville.

[Queen Bee]

You could purchase 100% grape juice and add the amount you need to finish your recipe or find another grape source...

[thequeensblessing]

Why did you get so little juice? How many grapes did you pick? Did you add water before heating the grapes?

[Danaus29]

First of all, these were wild grapes. I had no intention of picking them and had been pruning them back all summer to feed the vines to the rabbits. But on a spur of the moment idea, I picked all the grapes that were on the vine. No I didn't add water. Mom said not too, but the recipe in one book about wild foods says you should add a little water. It was just a spur of the moment kind of thing which I may have made a mistake about. The juice doesn't taste bad at all, just very strong and a bit bitter (normal according to my grandma).

I do have another idea though. I have a few handfulls of red currants and enough blackberries to get enough juice to make 1 quart.

I never made grape jelly by myself. I had no idea how many grapes you need to make a quart of juice. Apparently quite a few. I like the idea of a mixed berry jelly much better, as long as it doesn't have raspberry. I hate those.

I guess I'll be freezing the juice then. I have to look in the small freezer to see if I have more currants (could have sworn I had a full bag frozen somewhere) and other assorted berries. If I still don't have enough would I be ok to add cider or do you have to use apple juice?

Now watch, everyone will LOVE the concoction and I will never be able to duplicate it.