Elderberry Jam Recipe With Fresh Strawberries Food

ELDERBERRY JAM RECIPE WITH FRESH STRAWBERRIES

Steps:

• 1. Add the water and elderberries to a medium pot and bring to a boil.
• 2. Reduce heat and simmer until liquid is reduced by half - this should take around 45 minutes.
• 3. Strain out the elderberries. If you doubled your ingredients to make both elderberry syrup and jam, divide your liquid in half by pouring 1 cup into a jar and one cup back into the pot. If you're just making jam, strain out the elderberries and pour the liquid back into the pot. Below are separate instructions for making just jam, or making jam and elderberry syrup.

FRESH STRAWBERRY JAM

Steps:

• Combine the sugar, lemon zest, and lemon juice in a small saucepan and cook over very low heat for 10 minutes, until the sugar is dissolved. Add the strawberries and continue to cook over very low heat for 20 minutes, until the strawberries release some of their juices and the mixture boils slowly. Cook until a small amount of the juice gels on a very cold plate. (I keep one in the freezer.) Pour carefully into 2 pint canning jars and either seal or keep refrigerated. Use immediately, or follow proper canning guidelines below.
• Sterilizing Tips:
• Jars should be made from glass and free of any chips or cracks. Preserving or canning jars are topped with a glass, plastic, or metal lid, which has a rubber seal. Two piece lids are best for canning, as they vacuum seal when processed.
• To sterilize jars, before filling with jams, pickles, or preserves, wash jars and lids with hot, soapy water. Rinse well and arrange jars and lids open sides up, without touching, on a tray. Leave in a preheated 175 degree F oven for 25 minutes. Or, boil the jars and lids in a large saucepan, covered with water, for 15 minutes.
• Use tongs when handling the hot sterilized jars, to move them from either boiling water or the oven. Be sure the tongs are sterilized too, by dipping the ends in boiling water for a few minutes.
• As a rule, hot preserves go into hot jars and cold preserves go into cold jars. All items used in the process of making jams, jellies, and preserves must be clean. This includes any towels used, and especially your hands.
• After the jars are sterilized, you can preserve the food. It is important to follow any canning and processing instructions included in the recipe and refer to USDA guidelines about the sterilization of canned products.

ELDERBERRY JAM

Steps:

• Combine berries, vinegar, and sugar.
• Bring slowly to boiling, stirring occasionally until sugar dissolves. Cook rapidly until thick.
• As mixture thickens, stir frequently to prevent sticking.
• Pour boiling hot mixture into sterilized jars. Adjust lids.
• Process in boiling water 5 minutes. Remove jars; cool and store.