4 medium lemons
1 1/4 cups water
1/8 teaspoon baking soda
1 cinnamon stick
3 cups fresh or frozen raspberries -
crushed
7 cups sugar
1 (3 ounce) package
liquid fruit pectin 
Grate the lemon peels and place them
in a medium saucepan. Trim the white
inner pith from the lemons and peels and
discard it.
Cut the lemons in halves and
remove the seeds.
Chop pulp; set aside.
Add water, baking soda and cinnamon
to saucepan; bring to boil. Reduce heat;
cover and simmer for 20 minutes.
Add lemon pulp; return to a boil.
Reduce heat; simmer, uncovered, for 10
minutes.
Remove cinnamon.
In a large kettle, combine the
raspberries, sugar and lemon mixture;
bring to a full rolling boil, stirring
continuously.
Boil for about 2 minutes. Quickly
stir in
Fruit Jell Pectin ; return to a full rolling
boil. Boil for about a minute, stirring
constantly.
Remove from the heat; skim off
any foam. Pour hot into hot jars,
leaving 1/4-in. headspace.
Adjust caps. Process for 10 minutes
in a boiling water bath{1}.
Raspberry Cherry
Jam
2 cups pitted cherries
2 cups raspberries
4 cups sugar
Crush cherries slightly
Cook until skins are tender.
Add raspberries and Cook until mixture
begins to thicken.
Add sugar and cook rapidly until thick.
Cool and seal with paraffin.
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