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.

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

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

Only minor spillage getting the boiling jam into the jars.

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.