Chuck Zumbrun

Tales from Skunk Hill

Black Raspberry Jam

I love black raspberry jam. It’s filled with little seeds, but it is so much more flavorful than jelly, it’s worth getting a few seeds caught in your teeth.

The wild raspberries are still coming on, so Owen and Spenser (the Wonder Dogs) and I went today and picked another bunch to make jam.

Black Raspberries
Black Raspberries

That’s 4 cups of raspberries, carefully washed and ready to make into jam.

Cooking Raspberries
Cooking Raspberries

Mashed with a potato masher and the pectin stirred in they’re boiling away on the stove.

Ready to Can
Ready to Can

Only minor spillage getting the boiling jam into the jars.

The Final Product
The Final Product

4 half-pints of black raspberry jam, plus about a quarter cup that didn’t fit into the jars, so I have a bit to try fresh on toast tomorrow for breakfast. Bonus!

It’s just so pretty, that deep, deep purple color. It’s hard to believe it comes from nature.

2 responses to “Black Raspberry Jam”

  1. anne Avatar
    anne

    My counters are covered in pints of freezer peach jam waiting 24 hours to gel, wish I had a couple black raspberry ones to go with them.

  2. Missy Avatar
    Missy

    Those look very good. I think you should give Anne a pint so that she has color variation.

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