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Sour Cherry Jam

Embrace one of the shortest fruit seasons by making an amazing Sour Cherry Jam
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Prep Time 30 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
Canning Time 10 minutes
Total Time 1 hour
Course Breakfast, Brunch
Cuisine American
Servings 6 8 oz Jars

Equipment

  • Water Canning

Ingredients
  

  • 2 Quarts Fresh Sour Cherries about 2 pounds
  • 1-2 tsp Calcium Water Part of Pomona's Pectin
  • 1/4 cup Lemon Juice
  • 2 Cups Sugar
  • 1-2 tsp Pomonas Pectin

Instructions
 

  • Prepare hot water bath with 6 half pint jars (8 oz). Simmer on medium heat.
  • Pit all your cherries. Make sure to pull out any bad cherries
  • Add Lemon Juice, Calcium Water, and Sour Cherries to a pot and turn on medium heat. Cook until cherries fall part. Pulling out any pits that you missed along the way.
  • Mix together sugar and pectin powder.
  • When cherries are cooked down and falling apart mix Sugar Pectin with the cherries.
  • In prepared jars, ladle jam into jars to 1/4 inch headspace and process for 10 minutes.
Keyword Cherry Jam, Jam, Sour Cherry Jam