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Cherry and Raspberry Jam

Cherry and Raspberry Jam

Cherries and raspberries balance each other beautifully in this bright red jam. This recipe is suitable for canning.

Cook time

26 mins

Recipe Difficulty

Hard

Yield

Makes 6 cups

Ingredients

  • 2 cups crushed pitted cherries
  • 1 cup crushed raspberries
  • 2 tbsp lemon juice
  • 1 pkg Certo Crystals
  • 6 cups sugar

Directions

  1. Combine cherries and raspberries in a non-reactive Dutch oven. Stir in lemon juice and Certo.
  2. Place Dutch oven over high heat. Bring mixture to a full rolling boil, stirring constantly.
  3. Stir in sugar. Continue to stir and cook over high heat until mixture returns to a full rolling boil. Boil hard for 1 minute, stirring constantly.
  4. Remove from heat. Stir and skim foam for 5 minutes.
  5. Pour into hot sterilized jars, leaving 1/4 inch (6 mm) headspace. Wipe jar rims thoroughly.
  6. Seal and process in a boiling water bath for 10 minutes.

Nutritional analysis per serving

*Ingredient not included in nutritional analysis.

54 Calories, 0 g fat, 0.1 g protein, 13.9 g carbohydrate, 0.2 g fibre, 1 mg sodium