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Lime-Bery Limerick Lower-Sugar Jam

Makes 6 half-pints
Author: Roseanne Carrara, The Lunchbox Season

Ingredients

  • 4 cups mashed mixed berries Berries aren't really in season, so we defrosted two 600g frozen mixed pack of strawberries, blackberries, raspberries and blueberries and mashed them. It provided just over 4 cups!
  • zest of 5 limes we used a microplane
  • .25 c lime juice
  • 1.75  c sugar
  • 2.5  tsp Pomona’s calcium water
  • 2.5 tsp Pomona’s pectin powder

Instructions

  • Prepare Pomona's "Calcium Water" following the instructions in the box.
  • Sterilize 6 -.5Pint Canning Jars or the equivalent according to preference.
  • Whisk the sugar and pectin powder together in a bowl and set aside.
  • Place the mashed berries in a pot on the stove and add lime zest, lime juice, and "calcium water."
  • Bring the berry pot to a boil.
  • Add the sugar-pectin mixture to the pot.
  • Stir vigorously for 1-2 minutes to dissolve the pectin.
  • Return to the jam to a boil and then remove it from the heat.
  • Ladle the hot jam into sterilized jars, leaving .25-in head space.
  • Process 10 minutes in a boiling water canner.
  • Note that Pomona's pectin takes longer to set than other pectins. The jam might not really appear set in the jar for several days.