here are some recipes
Recipe gal has five banana jam recipes:
http://recipegal.com/jams-jelly/
I've never tried them though.
If anyone wants to make a truly fantastic and unique jelly, here's my all-time favorite jelly recipe. It has a tart lemony-sweet taste and is absolutely delicious on hot biscuts!
Sumac-elderberry jelly
Pick a mess of elderberries like almost a gallon
pick a mess of sumac heads (pick the red ones, the white are poision sumac) there are two common varieties of red sumac in the US, it does not matter which you use. I pick enough to overfill a grocery store bag. sometimes I pick two grocery store bags just so I have enough to make a nice sumacade with honey.
Put the sumac in a big pot with just enough water to cover. Heat up the pot but not to boiling.. while it's heating, try to mash and smash and stir the sumac for like 10 minutes. When you think you've gotten the color and flavor out off the berries strain out the juice and discard the seeds and stems, etc..
put the elderberries in a pot with just enough water to cover. bring to simmer and mash and smash the berries. slow simmer for like maybe 15 more minutes (don't let the bottom of the pan burn) strain out the juice
Now mix and heat 3 cups of the elderberry juice and 5 cups of the sumac juice in a big ole pot. Bring mixture to a boil and add two packages of suregell, mix well. bring back to a boil and stir in 10 cups of suger.Boil for three and a half minutes. STIR CONSTANTLY OR IT WILL STICK. when the time is up, put into jelly jars, make sure the tops are clean and dry, screw down the seals and then cover them up to keep warm so they will seal. If you get any that don't seal, I'm not sure if you can reprocess.. We always just say " oh darn, guess we'll have to eat all this delicious jelly now, what a shame :wink: "
also we usually have left over sumac juice, don't throw it away. sweeten it with honey and dilute to taste and it makes a nice refreshing drink.[/url]