Blueberry Jam - Traditional Newfoundland - Bonita's Kitchen

Welcome to Bonita's Kitchen! Today we will be making Blueberry Jam, these blueberries were freshly picked in Newfoundland.
Please follow the canning guidelines before filling each mason jar with jam.
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Ingredients:

4 Cups of fresh or frozen blueberries
2 Tsp lemon and lemon zest
3 Cups White sugar
2 Tsp Certo or fruit jell pectin ( optional )

30 minutes cook time.
15 minutes prep time.

Method:

In a medium saucepan, add blueberries, lemon juice and zest, let berries start to boil on a low heat, then add sugar stir until all dissolved. Start mashing your blueberries to help brake them down.

( Please note: if your berries are frozen let then thaw in a strainer before boiling them, removing any water and discarding it.)

Continue cooking on a medium heat until your berries start to condense and thicken.

Depending on how thick you would like your jam, you can add certo or pectin, this is optional.

Pre_soak your mason jars and lids in hot water for about 10 minutes, remove from water let drip dry on a cloth.

When your jam have cooked for about half hour remove from heat and start scooping hot jam into mason jars, clean tops of mason jars to remove any blueberry juice then place lids and caps on each one then tighten.

Date and label each bottle.

Let cool for 6 hours or over night at room temperature, after cool check each bottle to see if they are sealed by removing the screw top and check the cap by putting your finger in under if it don't pop off its sealed. Then put screw top back on and tighten.

Then store in a cool place or in your fridge, when you are ready to open your mason jars then keep in your refrigerator until all used.

This mixture makes 3 cups of jam or 4 small mason jars, if you would only like to have the jelly part of your jam just strain your mixture through a strainer pressing down on your berries to get all the juice. Then pour in each mason jar and continue the steps I have above.

I apologize in advance if anything in this video is not clear or miss read, please follow my recipe when making this dish.

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