Like I said, this was my first time making jam...of any kind. I was more than a little nervous about messing it up and wasting all of this beautiful fruit. To help me, I bought an awesome book about canning from Ball, the leader in the Canning industry. The book is called "Ball Complete Book of Home Preserving" available at Amazon for under $18. Since they've been in the business forever, I figured their recipe book must be pretty good. And fortunately, they speak in terms a newbie canner like myself can understand.
It looked pretty simple, just rinse, de-stem, and dice the berries.
Mash the berries.
Cook fruit with Pectin and sugar...(lots of sugar). While also boiling jars and lids in a separate pot.
When the fruit finishes cooking, spoon off the foam, then pour the cooked jam into your jars, put the lids on hand tight, and place in the hot water bath pot to 'process' for a short time.
Set the jars out to cool for 24 hours.
The next day you have these beautiful jars of jam ready to enjoy yourself and share with friends.
The chickens got to enjoy these strawberry parts 'n pieces.
And what is the best way to enjoy good Jam? On fresh baked Artisan Bread of course...I had to bake a few loaves just for the Jam...mmmm!
Keeper of 1 husband, 2 grandkids, 3 dogs,
3 cats, and 17 Chickens!
3 cats, and 17 Chickens!
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