Blackberry Apple Jelly Recipe

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August is the busiest month of the year on our small farm—that's when we're harvesting sweet corn, pumpkins and pickling cucumbers for our stand. But I always make time to put up this jelly. The apples come from our old-fashioned orchard, while the blackberries grow wild along our creek...and the jelly's usually gone by January! My husband's a logger as well as a farmer. We have three young children—two daughters, 5 and 3, and a son, 1.

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Blackberry Apple Jelly Recipe
  • Prep: 45 min. Process: 5 min.
  • Yield: 72 Servings
45 5 50

Ingredients

  • 3 pounds blackberries (about 2-1/2 quarts)
  • 1-1/4 cups water
  • 7 to 8 medium apples
  • Additional water
  • Bottled apple juice, optional
  • 1/4 cup bottled lemon juice
  • 8 cups sugar
  • 2 pouches (3 ounces each) liquid fruit pectin

Directions

  • In a Dutch oven, bring blackberries and water to a boil. Reduce heat; simmer for 5 minutes. Line a strainer with four layers of cheesecloth and place over a bowl. Place berry mixture in strainer; cover with edges of cheesecloth. Let stand for 30 minutes or until strained, reserving juice and discarding pulp.
  • Remove and discard stems and blossom ends from apples (do not pare or core); cut into small pieces. Place in the Dutch oven; add just enough water to cover. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; simmer for 20 minutes or until apples are tender. Strain through a cheesecloth-lined strainer, reserving juice and discarding pulp.
  • Measure the reserved blackberry and apple juices; return to the pan. If necessary, add water or bottled apple juice to equal 4 cups. Stir in lemon juice, then sugar. Bring to a full rolling boil, stirring constantly. Stir in pectin; return to a full rolling boil. Boil for 1 minute, stirring constantly.
  • Remove from the heat; skim off foam. Carefully ladle hot mixture into hot sterilized half-pint jars, leaving 1/4-in. headspace. Wipe rims and adjust lids. Process for 5 minutes in a boiling-water canner. Yield: about 9 half-pints.

Editor's Note: The processing time listed is for altitudes of 1,000 feet or less. Add 1 minute to the processing time for each 1,000 feet of additional altitude.

Nutritional Facts 1 serving (2 tablespoons) equals 104 calories, trace fat (trace saturated fat), 0 cholesterol, trace sodium, 27 g carbohydrate, 1 g fiber, trace protein.

Originally published as Blackberry Apple Jelly in Country Woman July/August 1994, p29

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Reviewed on Sep. 27, 2011 by keenecowboy

More specific about the amount of juice from both the blackberries and apples. I can both blackberry and apple juice to use in receiples such as this


Reviewed on Jul. 26, 2011 by Vicki Nolt

This recipe was just what I needed to do something with my abundant crop of blackberries. Lovely color and a nice Christmas gift.

 
 
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