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Prep Time: 30 Minutes Cook Time: 1 Minutes |
Ready In: 31 Minutes Servings: 8 |
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I've been experimenting with chimerical jam recipes to try to create a working Black Forest jam. This is the closest I've come to what I want - let me know what you think! Ingredients:
6 cups prepared fruit (black cherries) |
3 unsweetened chocolate squares |
4 cups granulated sugar |
1 (8 ounce) box sure-jell |
1/2 teaspoon margarine or 1/2 teaspoon butter |
Directions:
1. Pit the cherries if necessary, then chop them up. Crush the remains thoroughly, 1 cup at a time. If using frozen berries, use both liquid and solids; they all were part of the original fresh berry. Measure 6 cups of crushed fruit into 6- or 8-quart heavy saucepan. Break the chocolate squares into smaller pieces and add them to saucepan.
2. Measure sugar into separate bowl. Mix 1/4 cup sugar from measured amount with pectin in small bowl. Stir pectin-sugar mixture into fruit in saucepan. Add butter. Bring quickly to full rolling boil and boil exactly 1 minute, stirring constantly. Remove from heat. Skim foam and ladle into pint or half-pint jars, leaving 1/4 inch headspace and process 10 minutes in boiling water canner.
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