No-Sugar Blueberry Jam

"This jam is sweetened with fruit juice instead of the typical sugar."
 
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Ready In:
37mins
Ingredients:
9
Yields:
5 pints
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ingredients

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directions

  • Place grape juice in a deep saucepan and simmer until it is reduced to 2/3 cup.
  • Add blueberries, lemon zest, and salt to the saucepan, and bring to a boil, cook for 1 minute, then remove from heat.
  • Stir in nutmeg, pectin, and glycerine.
  • Return to the stove and bring to a boil again, cook for 1 minute; sprinkle gelatin over the top of the hot liquid and stir well until it has mixed in and dissolved.
  • Pour into hot sterilized pint jars, leaving 1/2-inch headspace at the top.
  • Top with sterile lids and bands; process in a boiling water bath for 10 minutes.
  • Refrigerate any jars that do not properly seal.
  • To freeze jam, pour jam mixture into plastic freezer containers, leaving 1/2-inch space at the top.
  • Cover with clean lids and cool to room temperature before placing in the freezer (place in the coldest section of freezer initially, if you can).
  • To use, thaw overnight in container, and refrigerate unused portions.

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  1. Can I use this same recipe and substitute cherries for the blueberries
     
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