How Do You Make Red Raspberry Jam?
Making delicious jam can be relatively simple if you prepare it with this streamlined method. Fruit is particularly amenable to canning because of the acid that it contains. Adding sugar in high concentration will also help with preservation. Many recipes call for extended boiling to reduce the volume (i.e. reduction) but if the sugar is added up front, it minimizes the boiling step and preserves more flavor. • Pick a pint of fully ripened fresh berries. • Pick through the berries that you picked fresh to remove any dried up berries or debris. All berries should be rinsed in cool water. • Place the mason jars with lids and rims in a gallon pot. Add an inch of water to the bottom, cover securely, bring to a boil for 10 minutes. • Place the berries into a quart pot. Measure an equal volume of granulated sugar to the berries you have (one pint in this case). • Pour the sugar over the berries. • Use a stiff whisk to thoroughly mix the sugar into the berries. Stir into the corners of the po
• Pick a pint of fully ripened fresh berries. • Pick through the berries that you picked fresh to remove any dried up berries or debris. All berries should be rinsed in cool water. • Place the mason jars with lids and rims in a gallon pot. Add an inch of water to the bottom, cover securely, bring to a boil for 10 minutes. • Place the berries into a quart pot. Measure an equal volume of granulated sugar to the berries you have (one pint in this case). • Pour the sugar over the berries. • Use a stiff whisk to thoroughly mix the sugar into the berries. Stir into the corners of the pot to wet any pockets of sugar hiding there. • Mix until the juices are drawn out so that the entire mixture becomes wet. • Place the stirred mixture of sugar and berries on the stove, add a thermometer and apply medium heat with stirring. • Bring the mixture to a boil. Reduce the heat and heat until the “oily” liquid rises to near the top of the pot. Pay attention and do not allow the mixture to boil over. • W
