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Homemade Blueberry Jam
24 Ratings
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Ingredients
- 6-½ cups fresh blueberries, coarsely chopped (about 5 pints whole blueberries)*
- 1 package (1
- 75 ounces) granulated fruit pectin for lower sugar recipes
- 4-½ cups sugar, divided
- 1 tablespoon ground ginger or 2 teaspoons
- finely grated orange rind, optional
Instructions
- In a large saucepan, combine blueberries and ½ cup water
- In a small bowl, stir together pectin and ¼ cup of the sugar
- Stir pectin mixture into blueberries
- Over high heat, stirring constantly, bring mixture to a rolling boil
- Add the remaining 4-¼ cups sugar all at once
- Return to a rolling boil
- Boil exactly 1 minute, stirring constantly
- Remove from heat
- Skim off any foam
- Set aside until cool enough to handle, about 30 minutes
- Transfer to 1-cup freezer containers, filling to about ½ inch from the top
- Continue to cool at room temperature until jam has set
- Cover and freeze
- Thaw to serve
- Store any leftover jam in the refrigerator for up to 0one month
Quick notes
YIELD: about 9 cups
* Place whole blueberries in a food processor container; pulse until coarsely chopped; Or, place blueberries in a bowl; crush with a potato masher or pastry blender