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🍳 Homemade Blueberry Jam with Thyme
469 kcal · 30 min · 4 servings
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Ingredients
- 2000 g blueberries
- 400 ml water
- 5 sprigs lemon thyme (optional)
- 2 limes (juice)
- 500 g jam sugar (3:1)
Instructions
- 1. Wash the blueberries thoroughly.
- 2. Remove all leaf remnants and pick out berries that do not look fresh or intact.
- 3. Let the berries drain well in a sieve.
- 4. Place the blueberries in a pot.
- 5. Pour in 400 milliliters of water.
- 6. Cook the mixture until all berries have burst open.
- 7. Line a large pasta sieve with a damp kitchen towel.
- 8. Place the sieve over a large pot.
- 9. Pour the hot blueberry mixture into the sieve.
- 10. Let the juice drip slowly into the pot below.
- 11. Gather the corners of the towel.
- 12. Squeeze the berry pulp in the towel to extract the remaining juice.
- 13. Wash the lemon thyme.
- 14. Shake the thyme dry.
- 15. Tie the thyme sprigs into a small bundle.
- 16. Measure out 1250 milliliters of the extracted juice.
- 17. Squeeze the limes.
- 18. Add the lime juice to the measured juice amount.
- 19. Stir the jam sugar into the juice mixture.
- 20. Add the thyme bundle to the liquid.
- 21. Heat the mixture over high heat.
- 22. Stir constantly until the jam comes to a boil.
- 23. Let the jam bubble vigorously for 4 minutes.
- 24. Continue stirring while cooking.
- 25. Remove the thyme bundle from the jam.
- 26. Perform a gel test to check the consistency.
- 27. Fill the hot jam to the brim in hot-rinsed jars.
- 28. Seal the jars tightly.
- 29. Let the jars cool down completely.
Nutrition per serving
- kcal: 469
- Protein: 2 g · Fett/Fat: 2 g · Carbs: 104 g