Preserving Method: Freezing

Makes 6 Ball® half-pint (8oz) Plastic Freezer jars or freezer safe glass jars

This simple berry jam tastes incredibly fresh, even in the middle of January!

Recipe excerpted from The All New Ball® Book of Canning and Preserving, published by Oxmoor House (2016).

You will need

• 4 cups fresh blueberries
• 4 cups halved fresh strawberries
• 1-1/2 cups sugar
• 5 Tbsp. Instant Pectin

Directions

1. Pulse blueberries in a food processor until finely chopped, stopping to scrape down sides as needed. Place in a medium bowl. Pulse strawberries in food processor until finely chopped, stopping to scrape down sides as needed.
2. Add to blueberries in bowl. Stir in sugar; let stand 15 minutes. Gradually stir in pectin; stir 3 minutes. Let stand 5 minutes. Fill clean plastic freezer jars or glass jars.
3. Store in freezer up to 1 year. Thaw in refrigerator. Refrigerate after thawing and use within 3 weeks.