Concord Grape Jam

Dib's's Note:

Here's another recipe for all you owners of Concord Grape Vines!

• Total Time: 55 mins
• Prep Time: 10 mins
• Cook Time: 45 mins

Ingredients:

Yield: 4 half pi ...

• 3 lbs concord grapes
• 1 1/2 cups mild flavored honey

Directions:

1. Wash and stem grapes.
2. Place in a large stainless or enamel pot.
3. With a potato masher or wooden spoon mash grapes.
4. Bring to a gentle boil and reduce heat to an "active" simmer.
5. Simmer 10 minutes-you want to be able to crush the center of grapes easily with a wooden spoon-no bouncing back.
6. Run the grapes through a food mill to remove seeds.
7. Return pulp to the saucepan.
8. Bring to a boil and stir in honey.
9. Stir often to prevent scorching.
10. After about 10 minutes you should not be able to stir down the boil.
11. Test for gel point.
12. Jelly/puree will begin to darken and thicken up.
13. This should take around 15 to 20 minutes from the boil point, but alot depends on the amount of juice your grapes are holding-you could go up to 35 minutes.
14. Ladle into clean hot sterile jars leaving 1/4 inch head space, and seal.
15. Process in a boiling water bath for 10 minutes.

Reviews

[petlover]

I had some green grapes that were not good "eating grapes" . I wanted to try a recipe to use them and I found this recipe. I made 1/2 the recipe and it came out delish! I wasnt sure about the honey, since I have never made jam with it. The recipe came out wonderful Thanks DIB.

[Ellen A]

This jam came out perfect! I wasn't sure what was meant by not being able to stir down the boil, but it was clear when I actually saw it happening in the pot. The taste is fabulous. Only a couple hours from vine to jars this afternoon!

[Potatoes Browning]

This tastes absolutely wonderful! Mine thickened down to only three half pints, but wow, what a nice color, consistency and taste! I was going to make this for gifts, but I just might squirrel this away for myself. I got to break in my new food mill too.