Sweet cherries have enough pectin in them to make a jam set. The problem with sweet cherry jam is once you add all of that sugar it is overly sweet. This is why I have decided to try it with rhubarb to tart it up a bit! As it cooked it still seemed a bit too sweet so I added some lemon juice. Lemons are not very local for Ontario but it did improve the batch. The next time I will increase the ammount of rhubarb to about 50-50 with the cherries and see how that goes. For now it was tasty jam but a bit on the sweet side. I will probably be excellent between chocolate cake layers.
Cherry Rhubarb Jam with No Added Pectin
9 cups sweet cherries
3 cups rhubarb
8 cups fair trade evaporated cane juice (or granular sugar)
OR 6 cups honey
Juice of 2 lemons
Mash the fruit into a pot with a thick bottom and add the sugar. Heat to boiling over medium heat stirring occasionally. Allow the jam to simmer for about 30 min until it starts to thicken. At this point test for set. If it is not set keep re-testing every 5 minutes until the jam has a loose set. Ladle the jam into sterile jars and put on the lids. Place jars into boiling water bath with the jars submerged by about 1cm in the water. Bring to a boil and set the timer for 5 min. for 250 mL jars, 10 min for 500 mL jars. When the timer goes off, turn off the heat and let it cool about 20 min before removing the jars. Enjoy!
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Oh, I cannot wait to start planting again and following your example. I just started reading and you seem to have so much knowledge of "living local" and without pesticide and additives. We just bought a farm we hope to transition to, but for now, we're still living most of the time in our city home. Wish we had some of your weather ... it's been 111 at our farm the last several weeks. Best of everything to you!
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