HOW TO CAN RASPBERRY JAM RECIPES

Steps:

• Crush 1 cup of the berries in an 8-quart Dutch oven or pot. Continue adding berries and crushing until you have 5 cups crushed berries. Stir in pectin. Bring mixture to a full rolling boil over high heat, stirring constantly. Add sugar all at once. Return to a full rolling boil; boil for 1 minute, stirring constantly. Remove from heat. Quickly skim off foam with a metal spoon. Ladle jam at once into hot sterilized half-pint canning jars, leaving 1/4-inch headspace. Wipe jar rims; adjust lids. Process jars in a boiling-water canner for 5 minutes (start timing when the water returns to boil). Remove jars; cool on wire rack. Makes about 8 half-pints (one-hundred-twelve, 1-tablespoon servings).
• To cut sweetness of the jam, you can also add 2 tablespoons lemon juice to the fruit mixture before processing.

Steps:

• Recipe from the book, Blue Ribbon Preserves, by Linda J. Amendt. Before measuring the raspberries, sieve about 3/4 of the crushed fruit to remove the seed or the jam will be mostly seeds. While fresh raspberries usually make the best jam, frozen berries also produce a very good jam. A 12 oz bag of frozen raspberries will yield about 1 1/2 cups of crushed fruit or about 1 cup of seedless pulp. 4 cups crushed, fresh ripe raspberries (6 - 8 pint baskets) 1 tablespoon of strained lemon juice 6 1/2 cups of sugar 1/2 teaspoon unsalted butter 1 (3-ounce) pouch of liquid pectin In an 8-quart pan, combine the raspberries, lemon juice, sugar and butter. Over medium-low heat, stirring constantly, heat the mixture until the sugar is completely dissolved. Increase the heat to medium-high and bring the mixture to a full rolling boil, stirring constantly. Stir in the entire contents of the pectin pouch. Return the mixture to a full rolling boil, stirring constantly. Boil stirring constantly, for 1 minute. Remove the pan from the heat. Skim off any foam. To prevent the jam from separating in the jars, allow the jam to cool 5 minutes before filling the jars. Gently stir the jam every minute or so to distribute the fruit. Ladle the jam into hot jars leaving 1/4 -inch head space. Wipe the jar rims and threads with a clean damp cloth. Cover with hot lids and apply screw rings. Process half-pint jars in a 200°F (93°C) water bath for 10 minutes, pint jars for 15 minutes.