The fruits of Summer
I choose so many berries
Perfect in jam
This month's challenge is jam. Yes, I love sugar. Yes, I love to can. Yes, I love to be creative. And yet, I am not a fan of jam. I like it more than jelly, but since normally you need bread for jam, at lest how I grew up, And I try not to eat bread. Jam is low on my list of canning adventures.
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| Blueberries and cherries with sugar and spice. It will be jam soon. |
Living in the Central Coast of California berries of sorts abound, even blueberries. I prefer to eat my berries whole, or in shrubs. This year the berries have been plentiful due to the rains, but not as pretty as normal. Not sure why. So, I have berries galore to choose from. Stone fruits, except for cherries, are not my normal fruit. It's all about the berries.
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| Spiced Blueberry and cherry jam. It looks lovely on toast. |
My first jam I made this month (busy month, not as many projects as normal) I chose a Blueberry Cherry Spiced Jam.
I love the colors of this jam, dark and rich with flavor. I added some extra spices to the recipe and it's nice and spicy and a beautiful color.
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| Bits of strawberry with sugar. In a few days it will be jam. |
The next jam I made is a strawberry jam. Of all the places I picked up the strawberries was my local library. I love my library, but that will be a different post. I was looking at making a macerated jam instead of a heavy boil jam. It was a 3 day tasty process.
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| Jam on toast. Very tasty. I had thought it a little runny, but tasty. My co-workers like the variable of texture and flavor. Next time I will use a potato masher to make the bits smaller. |
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| My coworker: Christy Carson, letting me take her picture. It was worth it in her book! |
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