Best Blueberry Apricot Peach Or Pear Jam Recipes

PEACH-BLUEBERRY JAM

Steps:

• Immerse 8 pint jars in simmering water until jam is ready. Wash lids and rings in warm soapy water.
• Combine peaches, 5 cups sugar, and lemon juice in a large stainless steel or other nonreactive pot over medium heat. Bring to a low boil and cook for 10 to 20 minutes.
• While peaches are cooking, combine blueberries and remaining sugar in a separate pot over medium heat. Bring to a low boil and cook until just starting to thicken, 10 to 15 minutes.
• Add blueberries to the pot with the peaches and cook until thickened to the consistency of jam, about 10 minutes more. Remove from heat, add butter and almond extract, and stir well.
• Pack jam into hot, sterilized jars, filling to within 1/4 inch of the top. Run a clean knife or thin spatula around the insides of the jars to remove any air bubbles. Wipe rims with a moist paper towel to remove any residue. Top with lids and screw on rings.
• Place a rack in the bottom of a large stockpot and fill halfway with water. Bring to a boil and lower jars 2 inches apart into the boiling water using a holder. Pour in more boiling water to cover jars by at least 1 inch. Bring to a rolling boil, cover, and process for 10 minutes.

SPICY BLUEBERRY PEACH JAM

Steps:

• 1. Start by sterilizing jars and lids. This takes a little while, so I start this 1st. I place my clean jars in my canner and cover with hot water. Bring this to a boil and boil for at least 10 minutes. Remove jars when ready to use. Pour some of the boiling water from jars back into canner and keep the water boiling so you will be ready to process jars of jam. In another small pot; sterilize lids in gently boiling water.
• 2. Prepare fruit; chop fine. I used my food processer and it works great for chopping fruit. Just don't liquify the fruit. A little juice won't hurt. I hand peeled my peaches but you can remove the skin the same way you would remove skin from tomatoe by dropping a few at a time into boiling water for 2 minutes and then in cold water. The skin should come right off. I chopped the peaches fine and the blueberries coarse. By freezing the blueberries first will help keep from liquifying the fruit when you chop it.
• 3. Add the blueberries peaches, lemon juice, sugar, cinnamon and butter to large pot (Butter helps reduce foaming). Over a medium high heat bring fruit mixture to a rolling boil. A rolling boil is a boil that you can not stir down with a spoon. Continue to boil fruit mixture 4 minute once it reaches a rolling boil, stirring continuously.
• 4. Turn heat off; stir in pectin. Remove jars from canner onto a dry towel. Ladle fruit mixture into hot jars; cap with sterilized lids and tighten bands. Return jars to boiling water in canner and gently boil for 10 minutes. Remove and cool. After completely cooled, check seals and bands.

BLUEBERRY-APRICOT JAM

Steps:

• Mix all ingredients together, stirring frequently, in a heavy-bottom pot over medium heat.
• Cook about an hour, until consistency is thick when dribbled off a spoon.
• Can (in either a water bath canner or pressure canner) according to manufacturer's directions, or store refrigerated and use within three months, or freeze for up to a year.

BALL BLUE BOOK PEACH OR PEAR JAM

Steps:

• Combine fruit, sugar and lemon juice in a large saucepan. Bring slowly to a boil, stirring until sugar dissolves.
• Stir in liquid pectin. Return to a rolling boil. Boil hard 1 minute, stirring constantly.
• Remove from heat. Skim foam if necessary.
• Ladle hot jam into hot jars, leaving 1/4-inch headspace. Adjust two-piece caps.
• Process 10 minutes in a boiling-water canner. (Note: Add appropriate additional processing time for high altitudes).
• Recipe variation:.
• Add 1 teaspoon whole cloves, 1/2 teaspoon whole allspice and 1 cinnamon stick tied in a spice bag to jam during cooking. Remove spice bag before filling jars.

PEACH-BLUEBERRY PRESERVES

Steps:

• In a Dutch oven, combine peaches, sugar, blueberries and lemon juice. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; simmer, uncovered, 45-55 minutes or until thickened, stirring occasionally. Remove from heat., Ladle hot mixture into 4 hot half-pint jars, leaving 1/4-in. headspace. Remove air bubbles and adjust headspace, if necessary, by adding hot mixture. Wipe rims. Center lids on jars; screw on bands until fingertip tight., Place jars into canner, ensuring that they are completely covered with water. Bring to a boil; process for 10 minutes. Remove jars and cool.

BLUEBERRY LEMON APRICOT JAM

Steps:

• Combine all ingredients in a medium stock pot and bring to a boil, stirring frequently. Reduce the heat to medium and simmer until the temperature on an instant read thermometer reaches 220 degrees F (about 1 hour). Remove from heat and use a spoon to scrape off and discard the foam.
• Ladle the hot jam into hot sterilized jars leaving ¼ inch headspace from the top. Secure with lids and process for 10 minutes in a water bath. Remove the jars and let them sit undisturbed for 24 hours, then store them in a dark, cool place. Will keep for at least one year.

BLUEBERRY PEACH JAM

Steps:

• Prepare 5 eight ounce canning jars, lids and bands. Fill and heat water bath canner.
• Rinse blueberries and remove stems. Gently pulse peach chunks in food processor until coarsely chopped. Add blueberries and pulse to blend. (Don't liquefy, unless you prefer smooth jam.) You should have roughly 3 cups of fruit in total.
• Place fruit, lemon juice and calcium water in a heavy bottomed sauce pan.
• In a separate bowl, mix pectin powder and sugar thoroughly. Set aside.
• Bring blueberry-peach mixture to a full boil over high heat. Slowly add the pectin-sugar mixture, stirring constantly. Continue to stir vigorously for 1 to 2 minutes to dissolve pectin while the jam comes back to a rolling boil. Once the jam returns to a full boil, remove it from the heat.
• Ladle jam into warm jars, leaving 1/4 inch headspace. Wipe rims with a damp cloth, put on lids and bands and tighten to fingertip tight.
• Process in a boiling water bath canner for 10 minutes. Turn off canner and let rest for 5 minutes, and then remove jars from canner and place on a towel on the counter top away from drafts. Let cool for 12 to 24 hours.
• Check seals, remove bands and wipe any spills. Date and label. Store in a cool, dry location out of direct light. Best used within one year.
• Unsealed jars or partially filled jars should be stored in the refrigerator and used within 3 weeks.

PEAR APRICOT JAM

Steps:

• Peel, core and chop pears.
• Juice and zest lemons.
• Place pears in pan; cover with water, juice and zest.
• Chop apricots; add to the water.
• Bring pan to a boil.
• Simmer until pears are just soft, about 10 minutes.
• Add the sugar and stir over low heat until sugar dissolves.
• Increase the heat and boil rapidly for about 20-30 minutes or until setting point is reached.
• Skim off any scum on top; pour into clean jars and seal.

SPICED PEACH AND BLUEBERRY JAM

Steps:

• Peel and pit peaches.
• Force through coarse blade of food chopper.
• Wash and pick over berries.
• Combine with peaches in kettle, add water, and bring to boil.
• Cover, and simmer for 10 minutes, stirring occasionally.
• Add sugar and salt.
• Tie spices in a cheesecloth bag and add.
• Bring to boil slowly, stirring until sugar dissolves.
• Boil rapidly for 10 minutes, or until fruit is clear.
• Remove spice bag.
• Ladle into hot sterilized jars, and seal.
• Makes six 8-oz. jars.

GRANDMA'S BLUEBERRY PEACH JAM RECIPE

Steps:

• Clean and crush berries. Put in large saucepan.
• Cut peach slices into pieces and grind in food processor or food mill. Add to berries.
• Mix pectin and cinnamon into the fruit mixture and cook over high heat until mixture comes to a boil; stirring constantly.
• Add sugar all at once. Bring to a full boil and boil hard for 1 minute, stirring constantly.
• Remove from heat. Skim and stir to remove foam. Ladle into hot jars and seal.