What are you canning now?

[aceschix]

vanilla extract in the making!

9 1/2 quarts of apple pie filling.

apple butter will simmer until morning!

Went to orchard and picked 1/2 bushel for 7$ Came home and processed it all but hand..24-25 lbs! All gone! Lol BANKERS ORCHARD in Plattsburg NY

Yum! and so pretty! I can not wait to start my extract...I need more days and hours in those days!!

 

[Happy Chooks]

Got started last night on the pears. 3 pints of Cinnamon Pear jam and 6 pints of Caramel Pear Jam.

 

[Cryptkeeper]

I ended up with 35 pints and 24 1/2 pints of peach jam yesterday, today, time for the jelly attempt.

The jam was an instant hit here, kids, DW, F-I-L could keep their hands off just the foam. Hopefully the jelly will be just as much of a sucess

 

[Happy Chooks]

7 quarts of pears done today. Between last night and today, I'm tired of peeling pears! Still have more pears too.

 

[Cryptkeeper]

I know I asked this once before but I can not find the post or answer, and I honestly do not feel like searching through the last 200 pages for it......

I make BBQ sauce and am wondering if/how to can it. the recipe has whiskey, vinegar, sugar, tomato paste, ketchup(homemade) onions, peppers and a few other things. Would you recommend pressure canning or a water bath and for how long?

Again sorry for my laziness for not taking the time to search for my post, but with my busy canning schedule at the moment....

 

[Cryptkeeper]

"Apples the whole story" Is a cook book for apples that a very good friend of mine wrote. You might want to look at it too. I know you can find it on amazon. For those of you who are looking for different things to do with an abundance of apples.

 

[wyoDreamer]

I know I asked this once before but I can not find the post or answer, and I honestly do not feel like searching through the last 200 pages for it......

I make BBQ sauce and am wondering if/how to can it. the recipe has whiskey, vinegar, sugar, tomato paste, ketchup(homemade) onions, peppers and a few other things. Would you recommend pressure canning or a water bath and for how long?

Again sorry for my laziness for not taking the time to search for my post, but with my busy canning schedule at the moment....

Sitting here with my "Ball Complete Book of Home Preserving" and for their B-B-Q sauce it says 1/2 inch headspace and water bath for 20 minutes at sea level to 1000 feet in elevation. Their recipe has alot of the same ingredients, theirs is 20 cups of tomatos and 1 cup of vinegar.

 

[wyoDreamer]

Brandy Pear Butter

7 lbs pears, peeled, cored and coarsley chopped
1/2 cup water
zest and juice of one lemon

Bring to a boil in a stainless steel saucepan over medium-high heat. Turn down and boil gently till soft, about 20 minutes.
Puree pears in food mill or food processor just until a uniform texture is achieved. DO NOT LIQUIFY.
Measure 8 cups of puree into a large saucepan. Add in:

3 cups of sugar
zest and juice of one orange
1 teaspoon of nutmeg

Stir until sugar is dissolved.
Bring to boil over medium-high heat, stirring frequently. Turn burner down and boil gently until mixture thickens.

Add: one cup of "spirits" - recipe recommends amaretto liqueur or sweet wine, I chose Brandy.

Bring to low boil and cook until pear butter mounds on the spoon. The test I used is a spoonful dropped onto a cold plate doesn't seperate out a layer of water.

Ladle hot butter into hot jars, leaving 1/4 inch head space. Process in water both for 10 minutes.

The peach butter is the same only use 4 1/2 lbs of peaches and no orange or nutmeg.

 

[Cryptkeeper]

Sitting here with my "Ball Complete Book of Home Preserving" and for their B-B-Q sauce it says 1/2 inch headspace and water bath for 20 minutes at sea level to 1000 feet in elevation. Their recipe has alot of the same ingredients, theirs is 20 cups of tomatos and 1 cup of vinegar.

Thanks wyo! My kids "cleaned" our book shelf last week and now my canning book is MIA

 

[wyoDreamer]

If you find you need to replace it, I would highly recommend that Complete Book of Home Preserving. 400 recipes that cover more than I ever thought you could can and it is listed at $22.95

It has alot of helpful canning info in the back also. Altitude chart, produce purchasing guide, Problem solvers, ...