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Cherry Jam - Low Sugar

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Course: Canning

Ingredients

  • 4 cups NW Sweet cherries Pitted, halved and mashed
  • 1 1/4 cup white sugar
  • 1/4 cup fresh squeezed lemon juice
  • 4 tsp Pomona's Universal calcium water
  • 3 tsp Pomona's Universal pectin powder

Instructions

  • Prepare cherries.
    2. Combine mashed cherries into pot with lemon juice and calcium water. Stir well.
    3. In a separate bowl combine and mix sugar and pectin powder.
    4. Over medium-high heat, bring fruit mixture to a boil. Add pectin-sugar mixture. Stir for 1-2 minutes until sugar
    dissolves. Bring to a full boil. Remove from heat.
    5. Fill prepared jars with jam leaving 1/4 inch headspace. Wipe rims, apply lids, and rings (finger tight). Process jars
    in a boiling water bath for 10minutes.
    6. Remove jars from hot water canner. Let cool on a folded towel. Let set for 12-24hrs.

Notes

To mash tough skinned fruit, combine cherries with 1/2 cup of water and bring to a boil. Simmer 5mins then mash.
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