Canned June Berries for Pies
6 quarts of fruitIngredients
Directions
Prepare the fruit
Combine June berries and gooseberries in equal quantities to make 6 quarts of fruit.
Cook the fruit
In a pot, bring 2 quarts of water and 1 quart of sugar to a boil for 10 minutes.
Add the fruit to the boiling mixture and let it boil for an additional 10 minutes.
Bottle and seal
Fill the bottles with the mixture and seal them immediately.
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.
Explore the science
What each ingredient does
- June berries
- Main fruit, providing the sweet-tart flavor and soft texture of the finished jars.
- Gooseberries
- Main fruit, adding tartness that balances the sugar and brightens the flavor.
- Sugar
- Sweetens the syrup and helps the canned fruit keep well in the jars.
The step that matters
Sealing the bottles immediately. Filling with hot fruit and sealing right away lets the contents cool and contract, creating a vacuum that helps the seal hold and limits spoilage.
“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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