What are you canning now?

[Kim_NC]

I did 23 half-pints of Pineapple Jam today from pineapple I had frozen.

Also prepared 20 cups of strawberries in the food processor to make 4 batches of Strawberry Jam. I froze them for making the jam later because there are MORE berries to be dealt with yet tomorrow!

I saved a few of today's strawberries to top a cheesecake tonight.

 

[chickencrazymamahen]

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Cheesecake....YUM!!!

 

[Jen4]

the4heathernsmom

I made this last year (acouple of times) with our wild berries....... So Good! Whipped Sensation I also freeze my berries so make stuff during the winter

 

[vfem]

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Do you know how to make ice cream???

 

[chickencrazymamahen]

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What a wonderful problem to have!!!! When we do, I can the berries..just rinse them a little, pack in the jars and pour a very light boiling sugar syrup over them. Then water bath can them. Mostly I put them up in quarts...then when we want a pie, I pour off about half the juice..(sweetened a bit, its delicious) and then make a pie...just add a little more thickener of your choice. They are wonderful!! Best thing about berries in a jar...when the electric is off...they are fine!!! Good luck!

 

[the4heathernsmom]

So they are safe to can with only the water bath method? I never thought about canning them whole to use in pies duh!!!!! My seal is allowing some drippage on the side when I got my canner out this year so I am afraid to pressure can fearing the seal is no good and that lid is gonna go flying (presto brand only 3 years old ugghhh) Wasted 6 jars potato soup when I saw it doing that I got so scared of it . I made 11 jars approx last year of blackberry jam and after giving away a few the kids (4 of em) had it gone before winter was even here lol so I know I need to make more to keep for us this year. Yes blackberries are horribly expensive in the store but our whole back (bout 1 acre) lot is full of them the smaller wild ones but they are yummy.....kids get burned out on them this time of year but do love to eat them.

 

[Kim_NC]

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I use this recipe to make canned berry pie fillings. The quantities are for 1 quart. Multiply by the number of quarts you want to make (or have berries for).

Canned Berry Pie Filling

1 cup sugar
1/4 cup plus 1 Tbsp Clearjel (use regular cook type, not instant Clearjel)
1/4 tsp cinnamon (optional)
1 1/3 cups cold water
1 Tbsp plus 1 tsp lemon juice
3 3/4 cups fresh berries (blackberry, raspberry, loganberry, etc)

Combine sugar, Clearjel and cinnamon (if desired) in a large saucepan. Add water. Stir mixture and cook over medium-high heat until mixture thickens and begins to bubble. Add lemon juice and boil for 1 minute, stirring constantly. Fold in berries.

Ladle hot filling into hot jars, leaving 1/2-inch headspace. Wipe jar rims clean. Attach lids. Process in a boiling water canner for 30 minutes.

A single quart of finished pie filling will fill an 8" or 9" pie crust.

 

[Kim_NC]

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Remove the seal, and pull it gently using both hands in opposite directions, rotate a couple times and pull again. To test - add water and some empty jars to the canner and bring up to pressure to test seal.

 

[chickencrazymamahen]

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Water bath them is what I do, 15 minutes for pints, 20 minutes for quarts. Then just use your regular pie recipe. We also like to take a quart, open it, sweeten it some..use on ice cream, pound cake.......another favorite way we use a quart jar is Blackberries and Dumplings:

Blackberries and Dumplings

1 C self rising flour
1/2 C sugar
1/2 C milk
1 qt. canned blackberries
Cinnamon to your taste
!/2 C sugar

Combine flour, sugar and milk, stir well, set aside. Combine blackberries and sugar in wide low saucepan, stir well. Bring to a boil. Drop spoonfuls of batter onto boiling mixture, sprinkle with cinnamon. Cover and cook over med. heat (simmer) about 15 min. or until the dumplings test done.

Enjoy!!

Kim- I am copying your canned filling pie recipe...sounds yummy too! Thanks!

 

[the4heathernsmom]

Oh wow thanks for the recipes ladies!!!! The son is going out to pick some more for me this afternoon uhhhh had to bribe him with computer time ......

. I will try the seal again tomorrow thanks for the info and see what happens!!!!