I picked apples last week at
my in-laws and came home with 10gal. of them. With 1/4 I made this
apple sauce. These apples were either not ripe enough or a different
kind of apple. They don't do well on heat, they fall apart
and.......they get really thick. So I have to assume they are loaded
with pectin. That's ok. But I really wanted to put some up as pie
filling. I wont with these tho. But they made a great tasting
applesauce. I kept adding unfiltered organic apple juice but they just
kept absorbing it. I finally came out with what you see up there. And
its nice and thick. I just added a bit of sugar and some cinnamon. I
think Ill either make more of this or some apple butter with whats
still in the garage.
Sunday I went to the farmers
market and bought a half flat of blackberries. The ones in my yard are
still lil green things and most likely the critters will get to those
before I can. They ate everything else out there already. So the other
day I made Plum/Blackberry/Ginger Jam and today I made Blackberry Apple
Jam. Here's that recipe.
Blackberry Apple Jam Makes 7pts.
3lb. apples
4pts blackberries
2c. organic sugar
3c. organic unfiltered apple juice
1 tsp. vanilla
1/2 tsp. cinnamon
Juice of one lemon
1 box Ball No sugar pectin
1c. organic sugar
Check apples for soft spots and cut out, then quarter. Toss with about 2 tsp. Fruit Fresh or ascorbic
acid and apple juice.Toss all fruit in a lg. pot with the 2c. sugar and
mix well to coat. Let stand overnight to macerate.
Next day
cook till fruit is hot and apples are breaking down. 20min or so. Take
off heat and let cool enough to handle. Run mixture thru a food mill to
remove all seeds, skins etc. Measure fruit puree. I got about 12c.
Place in lg. pot and add
vanilla, cinnamon and juice of one lemon. Bring to a boil. Stir in
pectin mixed with 1c of sugar. Whisk till dissolved. Boil for 3 min.
Mixture should start to thicken a bit. I start the water bath canner while I'm doing all this and bring it to a boil, then lower at a simmer till ready to use it. Then can and water bath for
10min. I start counting once the water bath canner is boiling after the
jars are in.
This mixture was very thick to start with. I only
added a box of pectin to thicken it more for jam. I do believe it may
be the apples I used. They were from my in-laws tree and I think many
were not very ripe yet. Or perhaps its just the kind of apple they are.
My applesauce thickened easily without much cooking, so perhaps its the
apples I used. If you find that its very watery when you do yours,
either cook down a bit more and add the one box ...........or add two
boxes to be sure.
I always end up with a
little bit more than will fit in the jars no matter how many I make. I
think I have about a cup left so Ill just refrigerate that.
1 comment:
Wow girl, I am so impressed with the amount of canning you do AND your amazing ability to create recipes too! Would love to see some pictures of where you store all of what you have put up. That must be so cool to have all those goodies at your fingertips throughout the year! ~Lili
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