Cooked Strawberry Jam - Certo Liquid
Cooked Strawberry Jam - Certo Liquid recipe
Ingredients
3 ¾ | cups |
fruit
crushed |
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¼ | cup |
lemon juice
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7 | cups |
sugar
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1 | package |
certo
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Directions
- NOTE pk means 1 pouch containing 85 ml.
Wash jars and lids in hot soapy water, rinse and sterilize jars needed.
Lids may be sterilized by placing in boiling water and boiling 5 minutes (leave in warm water til needed.)
Utensils should also be sterilized.
Stem and crush well, one layer at a time, fully ripe berries.
Seive half of pulp to remove seeds if desired.
Using a liquid measuring cup, measure the exact amount of prepared fruit required and add to a large 4 to 8 qt pan.
The pan should be no more than half full to allow mixture to reach a full rolling boil.
Add lemon juice if required.
1/8 teaspoon butter may be added to reduce foaming.
Measure sugar.
DO NOT REDUCE SUGAR.
Add the exact amount of sugar specified and mix well.
Place pan over high heat; bring to a full rolling boil and boil hard for 1 minute, stirring constantly.
Remove from heat.
At once stir in Certo liquid.
Skim off foam with a metal spoon.
Stir and skim for 5 minutes.
Pour quickly into prepared jars leaving ¼ inch head room.
Seal jam at once with 2 piece metal lids or paraffin wax.
NOTE: Recipes using fruits with seeds ½ the fruit may be put through a seive, if desired.
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size 41g (1.4 oz)
Everything "jelled" well, but I found this recipe to be almost sickly sweet.
over 5 years agoReduce sugar and destroy the batch. I know first hand.
Your Nutrition Facts are way off. You state that there are 1358 calories and 117 grams of carbohydrates in 1.4 oz of jam. There are approximately 28.35 grams per OZ. Therefore, there are appx. 36.69 grams in 1.4 OZ. Since there are 4 calories in each gram of carbohydrates, the total calories can not be more than 146.76. Also, since there are only 36.69 grams total in 1.4 OZ, you cannot have 117 grams of carbohydrates in a 1.4 OZ serving.
over 3 years agoDo you still boil in a water bath canner?
over 2 years agoDo I place it in the fridge than
4 months agoUnited States
What to do if your jam doesn’t jell?
4 months agoSunny - United States
I used raspberries and substituted lemon juice for orange used orange zest as an addition and turned our divine, thanks for a great base recipe
about 1 month ago