I love going blackberry picking with my children. The hot summer with little ones running around with little black cheeks and chins. There nothing quite like it!
One of our favorite thing to make is blackberry jam! There nothing like that summer taste scooped into a bowl of oatmeal in the middle of winter. Capturing that mid summer freshness.
I love this specific recipe because you do not need to buy additional pectin. Which can get quite pricey when you are making large batches. Well you all know this family of 14 needs large batches of just about everything!
Most of my children call it black beary jam because the places we forage could potentially have black bears so we tell them to keep together and make a bit of noise!
No Pectin Blackberry Jam
Whether using freshly picked blackberries or frozen there's nothing quite like that taste of blackberry jam!
Ingredients
- 20 cups blackberries
- 20 cups sugar
- 1/2 cup lemon juice
Instructions
1. Dump 20 cups of blackberries into large sauce pan
2. Add 20 cups of sugar
3. Add 1/4 c lemon juice
4. Cook until it come to a boil
5. Use stick blender to chop up the berries
6. Leave at a rolling boil for about 10 min
7. Put a plate in the freezer
8. Take a small spoon of jam and place onto the frozen plate then put back in freezer with the jam on
9. turn off jam
10. wait 5 mins then take out the plate
11. Turn the plate vertical. If the jam quickly slides one side to the other turn the jam back on and cook for 10 more mins. If it slowly moves its ready to can.
12. If you are eating fresh or freezing this is where you stop and put in containers. If canning follow the instructions below.
13. Wash jars in really hot water or run through dishwasher. Some people prefer to boil for 10 mins to sterilize. I do believe the USDA recommends the later. Please do your own research.
14. Using a funnel pour your jam into your jars.
15. Fill leaving about 1/2" headspace
16. wipe rims
17. put lid and ring on
18. wipe jar
19. Place in HWB canner in boiling water
20. Boil for 10 mins with the lid on
21. Using jar grabbers pull out your jar and place on a toweled counter
If you are more of a visual learner that make sure you check out our video making the blackberry jam!
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