This recipe for how to make homemade nasturtium jelly is a great edible flower jelly recipe. It is fun to be able to use edible flowers like nasturtiums to make something beautiful and delicious.

I have made many edible flower jellies in the last two years. All from blossoms in my yard including lilac, dandelion, red bud, apple blossom, day lily, white clover, elderflower, red clover, violet, rose, peony and honeysuckle. You can find links to all of these edible flower jelly recipes in this article here.

I planted nasturtium seeds this spring in my raised garden and was able to make nasturtium jelly this year.

Nasturtiums are delicious edible flowers, best known as brightly colored salad toppers, but also enjoyed as spicy snacks right out in the garden. Nasturtiums also make beautiful and delicious jelly.

See this article by WebMD for health benefits from nasturtiums.

nasturtium flowers in raised bed to make nasturtium jelly

Basic Steps For Making Nasturtium Jelly

Pick or cut the Nasturtium blossoms
Add 4 cups boiling water to the flowers
Place in refrigerator for 24 hours
Strain the petals from the liquid
Add liquid to the pot and bring to a boil
Next add lemon juice and powdered pectin, bring to a boil for one minute, and stir continuously
Add 4 cups of sugar, stir to dissolve, and boil for 1 to 2 minutes
Ladle the jelly into canning jars and water bath can for 10 minutes

Detailed Instructions for Making Nasturtium Jelly

Pick or cut the Nasturtium blossoms. Pick enough blossoms to make up about 2 to 4 cups.

nasturtium blossoms in a jar to make nasturtium jelly

Place the fresh flowers in a large bowl or quart mason jar.

Pour four cups of boiling water over the flowers.

hot water added to nasturtiums to make nasturtium jelly

Add 2 tablespoons of lemon juice to the Nasturtium water infusion to make it more acidic. For best results, I think that adding the lemon juice at this stage brings out the color, which is demonstrated by the picture below. After adding the lemon juice the nasturtium infusion immediately turned orange. Fresh lemon juice can be used or bottled lemon juice.

nasturtium tea after lemon juice turning orange

After it cools to room temperature, place the nasturtium infusion in the refrigerator for 24 hours. The color got even deeper after the 24 hours.

nasturtium tea turning orange for nasturtium jelly

The next day, strain the petals from the tea using a fine mesh strainer, cheesecloth or coffee filter. You should have about 4 cups of the Nasturtium liquid.

straining nasturtium flowers from tea to make jelly

Add the Nasturtium tea to a large pot or medium saucepan and and heat to bring to a boil. Then, add a package of powdered pectin. Stir it to dissolve the pectin. Heat on medium-high heat and bring to a boil for one minute, and stir continuously.

Add 4 cups of sugar slowly to the Nasturtium jelly mixture and stir to dissolve. Bring to a boil for 1 to 2 minutes.

Turn off the heat and ladle jelly into the canning jars. I used 5 half pint jars or commonly called jelly jars.

Fill the jars to 1/4 inch headspace. Wipe jar rims with a damp cloth or wet paper towel and remove the air bubbles.

Add the mason jars to the hot water bath and process at a hard boil for 10 minutes. I use the Ball electric water bath canner and love it.

Remove the hot jars from the boiling water bath with a jar lifter and place them on a dish towel on the counter. Do not disturb for 24 hours. Note: Sometimes it takes at least a day or more for the jelly to completely set up. Most of the time they are not quite set when you remove them from the canner.

Enjoy!

Enjoy the beautiful sweet nasturtium jelly with the sweet floral flavor. This homemade jelly made from this basic recipe would be so delicious with vanilla ice cream!

It is so fun to make delicious floral jellies from different edible flowers, and so fun for kids also. The different jellies make great gifts! My recipe made a Nasturtium jelly.

3 jars of nasturtium jelly with 2 nasturtium flowers

See my website at www.HawkPointHomestead.com for more flower jellies including my dandelion jelly recipe, redbud jelly recipe, lilac jelly recipe, peony jelly red clover jelly and apple blossom recipe.

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