This week its Kalyn’s turn to do the recap of her Weekend Herb Blogging .
Last year we spent our holidays in Scotland. I was delighted with all the roses in the tiny front gardens and their beautiful fragrance.
Front garden in Inverness
At home I dreamed about my own red Austin roses in my garden and here they are:
If you open a window, the nice smell comes into the house.
I don’t have enough blossoms on my own, so I used the fragrant roses from my neighbour to prepare a
Rose Petal Champagne Jelly
It taste as it smells: roses and the whole house is sweet with roses.
-==== REZKONV-Recipe – RezkonvSuite v1.2
Title: Rose Petal Champagne Jelly 
Categories: Preserving, Jelly
Yield: 1 Recipe
=========================== ROSE MASH ===========================
175 grams Petals from fragrant roses
250 grams Preserving sugar 2:1
============================= JELLY =============================
500 grams Rose mash (all of above: add water and a splash of lemon juice to 500 g)
3/8 liter Champagne or sparkling wine
1/8 liter Rosé wine
750 grams Preserving sugar 2:1
1 pack Vanilla sugar
============================ SOURCE ============================
http://members.aol.com/vdrbremen/Rezepte/
— Edited *RK* 06/14/2006 by
— Ulrike Westphal @Küchenlatein
rose mash:
Wash rose petals carefully and give into a bowl. Add the preserving
sugar, mix and pass through a meat mincing machine. Add a splash of
lemon juice and water to 500 grams.
Jelly:
Give all ingredients into a large saucepan. Constantly stirring
bring to a boil and boil bubbly for 4 minutes. Pour into hot
sterilized twist-off jars.
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Nice Roses!
I like the two rose bushes by the side of the walkway. I have a neighbor who has the most beautiful roses. He must know some secret because my own are not that healthy. I like the sound of this jelly.
Those are beautiful pictures..thanks for a good Friday post!
the jelly sounds very yummy. what do you usually eat it with? how long do you think it will it last in an unopened jar?
REPLY:
We usually eat it on a buttered roll like this Oregon-grape and apple jelly. I filled the jelly hot into a jar and close it immediately, when the jelly cools down there is a vacuum. Last year I made jelly in August and the jar I opened last week was still o.k. and had a vacuum.
HTH
You have so many beautiful roses there! Lovely, lovely! I love the smell of roses. I love bathing in sea salt with lots of rose petals in them. My luxury bath indulgence!
Roses
Such beautiful pictures Ulrike! I particularly like the roses that have been trained into trees.