3 Simple Fruit Jam Canning Recipes for Beginners

👑It’s the middle of July, and summer is here. We can feel it in the air, and on the farmer’s, market stalls, overflowing with all its fresh and colorful glory. It’s also canning season! Le Parfait, the famous French jars manufacturer, gives us 3 fruit jam recipes for beginners and experts alike, to learn how to preserve, ferment, and can some of our favorite fruits. Gorging oneself with fresh products all summer long is cool, but finding ways to extend those flavors and treats all year long is even cooler.

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Strawberry Jam

Ingredients:

• 1.2 kg hulled strawberries (estimated 2 lbs. 10oz.)
• 1 kg pectin sugar (estimated 2 lbs. 3oz.) (1.2 kg caster sugar/ estimated 2 lbs. 10oz.)
• 1 lemon

Instructions:

• Choose ripe strawberries. Wash, discard the blemishes. Hull and cut into chunks (leave wild strawberries or the smaller ones whole).
• Squeeze the juice of the lemon.
• Put the strawberries, sugar, and lemon juice in a jam pan, stir well and leave to macerate for a few hours.
• Bring to a simmer. Cook 7 minutes (with pectin sugar) from boiling point – or 15-20 minutes with caster sugar. Cook over high heat, stir frequently.
• Check the jam is cooked by pouring a few drops on a cold plate, then tip the plate. The jam should run gently.
• Skim off the foam, ladle immediately into the Le Parfait jam jars, turn the jars upside down for one minute, then flip over and allow to cool.
• Don’t forget to label your jam jars!

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Apricot & Almond Jam

Ingredients:

• 1.2 kg stoned ripe apricots (estimated 2 lbs. 10oz.)
• 1 kg jam sugar (with pectin) (estimated 2lb. 3oz.) or 1.2 kg fine caster sugar (estimated 2 lbs. 10oz.)
• Juice of 1 lemon
• 10 fresh almonds

Instructions:

• Choose ripe apricots. Wash, remove stones and chop roughly. 
• Check to ensure you have 1.2 kg of stoned fruit, as required. 
• Shell, peel and cut the almonds in half.
• Put the apricots, sugar, lemon juice and almonds into a preserving pan, stir well and leave to macerate for a few hours.
• Stir and bring to the boil. Once it reaches a rolling boil, cook over a high heat, stirring constantly, for approximately 7 minutes if using jam sugar or 15-20 minutes if using regular sugar.
• Check the set by pouring a few drops onto a cold plate and tilting the plate. The jam should flow slowly.
• Check the jam is cooked by pouring a few drops on a cold plate, then tip the plate. The jam should run gently.
• Skim off the foam, ladle immediately into the Le Parfait jam jars, turn the jars upside down for one minute, then flip over and allow to cool.

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Blackberry Jam

Ingredients:

• 1.2kg blackberries (estimated 2 lbs. 10oz.)
• 1kg jam sugar (estimated 2lb. 3oz.) / (or 1.2kg caster sugar or granulated sugar/ estimated 2 lbs. 10oz.)
• The juice of 1 lemon

Instructions:

• Wash the blackberries and juice the lemon.
• In a jam pan, mix together the blackberries, sugar and lemon juice.
• Put the pan on the hob to begin cooking the preserves.
• Bring to the boil. Once it reaches boiling point, if using jam sugar, count 7 minutes. If not, count 15 to 20 minutes.
• 2 minutes before it is done, crush the blackberries with a slotted spoon.
• It’s ready! Check its progress by pouring a few drops onto a cold plate and tilting it. The preserve should very slowly trickle down.
• Immediately pour the jam into the Le Parfait jam jars. Seal the jars and upturn them for 1 min, then turn them back again and leave them to cool.

ABOUT LE PARFAIT :
Since 1930, Le Parfait has been active, in its own way, in preserving the best the world has to offer, in the broadest sense of nature. The famous French jars, manufactured in the heart of France are a fine example of sustainability: resilient and reusable for many years, low environmental impact (glass can be recycled forever, the 100% natural rubber seal is biodegradable and compostable). Heat processing, making jam or preserves, bulk shopping, batch cooking, fermentation… everyone has a favorite recipe for which there is a favorite jar! For more information, canning tips or recipes visit https://www.leparfait.com/.

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