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🍳 Homemade Blueberry Jam with Thyme

469 kcal · 30 min · 4 servings

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Ingredients

Instructions

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

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