Red Currant Likewise Equally Raspberry Jam

It's been gloomy, rainy every bit good every bit chilly all week; fall is right more than or less the corner here inward Alaska; that likewise means it is berry picking time!!

Today I whipped upwardly a batch of ruby-red currant - raspberry jam which is picky-picky husbands all 4th dimension favorite. Lucky for us, these berries grow inward the woods more than or less our lay every bit good every bit I've been using them to create this jam for over 35 years now.  Hubby likes this recipe as well as thus much that HE picks the berries without me holler for him to!!

The ruby-red currants genuinely brighten upwardly the raspberries every bit good every bit the combination is but delicious (and gorgeous)!!

three cups of crushed red currants (measure subsequently crushing)
3/4 loving loving cup water
4 cups raspberries (frozen berries are OK)
vii cups granulated sugar
1/2 loving loving cup liquid pectin (I role Certo)

Crush the ruby-red currants (I role a white potato masher) every bit good every bit mensurate three cups into a heavy pan. Add 3/4 loving loving cup of H2O every bit good every bit boil for 10 minutes.  Strain the mixture alongside a sieve every bit good every bit furnish the juice to the pan (throw away the solids)

Add the raspberries and refined saccharify to the currant juice every bit good every bit select to a hard rolling boil (one that tin dismiss not concur upwardly stirred down); boil for ane amount min min exactly (stirring constantly).

Remove from rut every bit good every bit stir inward liquid pectin until skillful mixed; skim off any pinkish foam (throw the foam away). 

Pour the hot jam into build create clean every bit good every bit sterilized jam jars, wipe the rims build create clean alongside a clean wet
towel and lay on the lids. Process inward a hot H2O bath for 10 minutes.

Makes 8 cups of jam

A NOTE  ABOUT  RED  CURRANTS

In the woods more than or less our house, we crusade got raspberries, ruby-red currants every bit good every bit high bush cranberries. My firstly jelly making "adventure" (a 1 grand m years ago) involved high bush cranberries (they grow inward profusion more than or less hither every bit good every bit they are a lot of fun to pick).

Thinking that I had striking the "berry adult woman bring upwardly lode", I was so proud of my huge harvest. It wasn't until I started cooking them that I realized they weren't ruby-red currants (high bush cranberries aroma similar soiled gym socks when y'all lot gear upwardly them). 

 A lot of people DO eat high bush cranberries, but they normally mix them with other fruit to assistance mask the stiff "sock taste".  Let's only say I didn't create that error again, lol !!

So..... for my young Alaskan friends who are kickoff to create jam, don't make that same mistake. This is what a high bush cranberry looks like:

A ruby-red currant is existent different... they await similar this:

NOTE: It is always a race between us and the birds for these ruby-red gems. If I concur off until they are ALL ripe, the birds normally win, as well as thus I option every bit good every bit freeze....pick every bit good every bit freeze, until I crusade got enough for a batch of jam (these berries freeze VERY well).

NOTE: This recipe uses a liquid pectin called CERTO. I'm guessing that a powdered pectin would run well, but I've never tried it alongside this recipe. It takes 1½ pouches of liquid pectin (1½ pouches = 1/2 cup). If y'all lot role the powdered pectin, create sure as shooting y'all lot follow the cooking instructions on the box.

NOTE: If you've never processed jam inward a hot H2O bath (it is super simple), teach to this spider spider web site for roughly specific instructions:   http://www.dummies.com/how-to/content/waterbath-canning-highacid-foods.html
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