Blackberry Mojito Refrigerator Jam Recipes

BLACKBERRY MOJITO

Steps:

• Combine blackberries, raw sugar, mint leaves, lemon juice, and lime juice in a tall glass; muddle until mint leaves and blackberries are slightly crushed. Add lemon-lime beverage and vodka. Fill a cocktail shaker with ice; add blackberry mixture. Cover shaker and shake; pour into a glass.

REFRIGERATOR JAM

Steps:

• Wash fruit and discard any skin (from peaches or the like).
• Cut fruit into pieces no larger than 1 inch each.
• In a large heavy-duty saucepan add the sugar and stir over medium heat while the sugar melts and the fruit softens.
• Cook, stirring constantly until the jam thickens. this may take an hour or more. Cool, then spoon into very clean jars, cover with clean lids and refrigerate up to 3 weeks.

SMALL BATCH REFRIGERATOR JAM

Steps:

• Prep the fruit by washing it and removing any stems or peels if applicable. Roughly chop the fruit up into large chunks. Raspberries, blackberries, and blueberries can all remain whole.
• In a saucepan (at least 2 quarts in size) combine all of the ingredients and heat over medium heat. Mash the fruit and sugar with a potato masher or a fork. It does not need to be completely mashed, depending on how chunky you like your jam.
• Bring the mixture to a boil and cook over medium heat, stirring occasionally, for about 20 minutes, or until the juices thicken. It will become much more thick as the jam cools. If this is your first time making this and you are a little unsure if your jam is cooked enough to set, spoon a little bit of jam onto a saucer and place it in the freezer for about 2 minutes, or until it is cold. Touch the jam and if it has a gelatinous jammy consistency it is ready. If not, continue cooking.
• Cool completely then store in an airtight container or jar in the refrigerator for up to 3 weeks or in the freezer for up to 4 months. When freezing, be sure to leave enough room at the top of the container to allow the jam to expand when frozen.

BLACKBERRY FREEZER JAM

Steps:

• In a large pot (off the stove), mix the blackberries and lemon juice together, and sift in the pectin a little at a time while stirring.
• Once all the pectin is mixed in, set a timer for 30 minutes and give the fruit a stir every 7 to 10 minutes.
• After the 30 minutes, stir in the corn syrup and then place the pot on the stove over medium heat. Stir in the sugar a little at a time and cook for about 5 minutes until the sugar is dissolved (it should be good to go when the jam reaches 100 degrees F or you can just rub it between your fingers to make sure you don't feel any grains). If it is cooked longer it will be quite runny.
• Pour the jam into clean plastic containers or glass jars and place in the fridge and/or freezer.

BLACKBERRY REFRIGERATOR JAM

Steps:

• 1. in good sized med bowl use a masher to to crush blackberries till you have 2 cups crushed blackberries. mix berries, sugar, and lemon peel. let stand for ten min.stirring occasionally. In a small saucepan combine pectin an water.Bring to boil over high heat. boil for one min. stirring occasionally remove frome heat adding the berry mixture; stir for 3 min or until the sugars dissolved an its no longer grainy.
• 2. Ladle into freezer containers that will hold at least half pint leaveing a 1/2-inch headspace seal an label let stand at room temp 24 hours to set before freezing, store jan in refrigerator for up to 3 weeks an in freezer for up to one year

BLACKBERRY JAM RECIPE WITHOUT PECTIN

Steps:

• Add blackberries, sugar and lemon juice to a saucepan. Be sure there are several inches of headspace to allow for foaming.
• Turn the heat to medium-low and simmer the jam until it reaches gel stage, stirring to keep the bubbles down. In this low sugar batch, it should take 20-30 minutes for a low sugar jam. (increasing the sugar will cause the jam to gel faster and result in a higher yield)
• Test for gel stage on a plate in the freezer.
• Pour jam into prepared canning jars, leaving 1/4 inch headspace. Store in the refrigerator, or process in a water bath canner for 10 minutes.

BLACKBERRY MOJITO REFRIGERATOR JAM

Steps:

• In a heavy bottom sauce pan, combine the the blackberries, lime juice, sprigs of mint, sugar and 1 cup of water.
• Mix the 1/4 cup of water with cornstarch and set aside.
• Cook over medium heat, stirring frequently until it boils.
• When the blackberries begin to pop, remove the mint sprigs. Stir the cornstarch mixture vigorously and add to the blackberry mixture.
• Stir and continue to cook until the jam thickens to the consistency of your preference. Cool and pour into a jar.
• ***Keep in the refrigerator for up to a week.****.
• Try it on a bagel with a layer of cream cheese, then top with jam. YUM!