Triple Berry Jam
- 2-1/2 cups Strawberries, Hulled
- 1-1/2 cup Raspberries
- 1 cup Blackberries
- 2 Tablespoons Lemon Juice
- 1 box Pectin
- 7 cups Sugar
- Have your jars sterilized and waiting for you in a large canning pot, sitting in simmering water. Make sure that the water covers them by an inch or two. Have you lids waiting in a seperate warm water bath.
- Crush berries one layer at a time with a potato masher, and put into a 5 to 6 qt. saucepan. Dump in the lemon juice. Measure the sugar in a separate bowl and set aside.
- Stir the pectin into the fruit and bring to a full boil. Quickly stir in the sugar all at once and return to a full boil. Boil for 1 minute.
- Take off the heat, and skim off the foam with a metal spoon. Ladle quickly into hot sterile jar, leaving 1/8" head space. Clean rims and threads, put a lid on it (har de har har), fasten rings, and hand-tighten them. Immediately return each jar to the hot water bath as you fill it.
- Once your water bath is full (do not stack jars), pump up the heat. Once it is at a full boil, let it boil for 10 minutes, turn off the heat, and let it rest in the hot water for an additional 5 minutes. Remove and place in a draft-free area to set. If they do not seal, follow normal canning procedures with the defective jars, i.e. try to re-lid, and repeat the water bath OR, if it's just a jar or two, be a piggo and stick it in your fridge once it's cool, just making sure to use it within a week or so.
- This recipe has been successful for me with a wide variety of berries. Another great combo: raspberry, blueberry, and strawberry, or, when I can get them, I will use lingonberries as a base. ANY combination is incredible, and limited only by the varieties of berries accessible to you. Please, enjoy. I sure as sugar do!
strawberries, raspberries, blackberries, lemon juice, sugar
Taken from tastykitchen.com/recipes/canning/triple-berry-jam/ (may not work)