BLUEBERRY - LEMON JAM
- 4 1/2 cup blueberries ( about 1 & 1/2 lbs )
- 1/3 cup lemon juice
- 2 tsp grated lemon peel
- 6 1/2 cup granulated sugar
- 2 - 3 ounce pouches ball liquid pectin
- Wash blueberries and lemon under cold running water.
- Drain.
- Crush blueberries one layer at a time using a potato masher.
- Grate lemon peel.
- Measure 2 tsp.
- Grated lemon peel.
- Cut lemon in half .
- Remove seeds.
- Juice lemon.
- Measure 1/3 cup juice.
- Cook crushed blueberries, grated lemon peel and juice in a large sausepan.
- Bring mixture to a boil over medium high heat.
- Add sugar .
- Stirring until sugar dissolves.
- Bring back to a rolling boil that cannot be stirred down.
- Stir in pectin.
- Boil hard for 1 minute.
- Stirring constantly.
- Remove from heat skim off foam if necessary.
- Fill hot jam into a hot jar.
- Leaving 1/4" headspace.
- Remove air bubbles.
- Clean jar rim.
- Center lid on jar and adjust band to fingertip tight.
- Place jar on the rack elevated over simmering water in boiling water canner .
- Repeat until all jars are filled.
- Lower the rack into simmering water.
- Water must cover jars by 1".
- Adjust heat to medium - high.
- Cover canner and bring water to a rolling boil.
- Process half pint jars 10 minutes.
- Remove from canner.
- Do not retighten bands if loose.
- Cool 12 hours.
- Check seal.
- Label & store jars..
blueberries, lemon juice, lemon peel, sugar, pouches
Taken from cookpad.com/us/recipes/347072-blueberry-lemon-jam (may not work)