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Canning Blueberries

A method for preserving blueberries by boiling them with sugar syrup.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 3 ingredients
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Canning Blueberries

Ingredients

Directions

Make the syrup

  1. Boil sugar and water for 15 minutes to make a syrup.

Cook and jar

  1. Add blueberries and keep them just below boiling for 15 minutes.

  2. Fill hot jars with the blueberries and syrup.

  3. Screw the covers tight on the jars.

Recipe from a historical cookbook (Internet Archive).

Transcribed from a scanned cookbook and modernised for today's kitchens. Where the book gave no heat or time, or said "a moderate oven", the temperatures and times here may be modern equivalents rather than the book's own figures.

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What each ingredient does

Sugar
Sweetens the fruit and, with water, forms the syrup that fills the jars.
Blueberries
Provide the fruit, flavor and texture of the finished preserve.

The step that matters

Keep the blueberries just below boiling. Holding the fruit just under a full boil for 15 minutes softens it gently and helps it keep its shape, rather than breaking it down into mush.

“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.

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