How to Cook

Sugar-Free Blueberry-Strawberry Jam
Prep Time:
35 mins
Process Time:
10 mins
Total Time:
45 mins
Servings:
96 (1-Tbsp.) servings
Yield:
6 half-pint jars
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Ingredients

  • 4 ¾cupfresh blueberries

  • 4 ¾cupfresh strawberries, hulled

  • 1cupwater

  • 3Tbsp.bottled lemon juice

  • ½tsp.ground cinnamon

  • 4 ½Tbsp.powdered fruit pectin for low- or no-sugar recipes

Directions

  1. Place 1 cup of the blueberries in an 8- to 10-quart heavy pot. Use a potato masher to crush the berries. Continue adding blueberries and the strawberries and crushing until you have 6 cups crushed berries. Stir in the water, lemon juice, and cinnamon. Gradually stir in pectin.

  2. Bring berry mixture to a full rolling boil, stirring constantly. Boil hard 1 minute, stirring constantly. Remove from heat. Quickly skim off any foam with a metal spoon.

  3. Ladle hot jam into hot, sterilized half-pint canning jars, leaving a 1/4-inch headspace. Wipe jar rims; adjust lids and screw bands.

  4. Process filled jars in a boiling-water canner 10 minutes (start timing when water returns to boiling). Remove jars from canner; cool on wire racks.

Tip

Jams and jellies need some time to set up after processing. Wait about 2 weeks before serving jams, jellies, and preserves.

Nutrition Facts (per serving)

8 Calories
0g Fat
2g Carbs
0g Protein
Nutrition Facts
Servings Per Recipe96
Calories8.3
% Daily Value *
Total Fat 0.1g 0%
Saturated Fat 0g 0%
Cholesterol 0mg 0%
Sodium 1.2mg 0%
Total Carbohydrate 2.1g 1%
Dietary Fiber 0.4g 1%
Total Sugars 1.2g
Protein 0.1g 0%
Vitamin D 0mcg 0%
Vitamin C 5.8mg 6%
Calcium 2.1mg 0%
Iron 0.1mg 0%
Potassium 19.4mg 0%
Fatty acids, total trans 0g
Vitamin D 0IU
Alanine 0g
Arginine 0g
Ash 0.1g
Aspartic acid 0g
Caffeine 0mg
Carotene, alpha 0mcg
Choline, total 1mg
Copper, Cu 0mg
Cystine 0g
Energy 35.1kJ
Fluoride, F 2.1mcg
Folate, total 2.5mcg
Glutamic acid 0g
Glycine 0g
Histidine 0g
Isoleucine 0g
Leucine 0g
Lysine 0g
Methionine 0g
Magnesium, Mg 1.6mg
Manganese, Mn 0.1mg
Niacin 0.1mg
Phosphorus, P 3mg
Pantothenic acid 0mg
Phenylalanine 0g
Phytosterols 1mg
Proline 0g
Retinol 0mcg
Selenium, Se 0mcg
Serine 0g
Starch 0g
Theobromine 0mg
Threonine 0g
Vitamin E (alpha-tocopherol) 0.1mg
Tryptophan 0g
Tyrosine 0g
Valine 0g
Vitamin A, IU 5.2IU
Vitamin A, RAE 0.3mcg
Vitamin B-12 0mcg
Vitamin B-6 0mg
Vitamin K (phylloquinone) 1.6mcg
Water 16.9g
Zinc, Zn 0mg

*The % Daily Value (DV) tells you how much a nutrient in a food serving contributes to a daily diet. 2,000 calories a day is used for general nutrition advice.