Blueberry jam 🫐
Blueberry Jam
Ingredients
- 1kg (2.2 lbs) blueberries (I used 2kg [4.4 lbs])
- 200g (7 oz) sugar
- 60ml (2 fl oz) apple cider vinegar
- 1 tsp fennel pollen (star anise also works great)
Method
1. Wash the berries well and then drain. Place the berries into a bowl with the sugar and mix well. Cover with a tea towel and leave at room temperature for 3-4 hours.
2. Next, place the berries and any liquid that has come off into a large pot. Over medium-high heat, bring to a simmer, then turn the temperature down to medium-low and cook until it thickens. This will take about 2 hours. Once you’re at this stage, you can add the fennel pollen (if using star anise or cinnamon, place them in at around the one-hour mark).
3. Sterilise your jam jars by boiling them in water for 5 to 10 minutes. Pour the hot jam into the jars and place a lid on. Let them cool to room temperature before you place them in the fridge.
4. The jam will last in your fridge for up to 6 months unopened and 1 month once opened.
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As aways recipe in the description (tap, the three blue dots top right corner)
If you put a small piece of lemon rind in the pot while cooking the berries then take it out before putting in the jars it uplifts the flavour with a hint of lemon .
What is the shelf life and how do you store the unopen jars?
You made something without onions. I’m impressed.
I literally attempted blueberry jam 2 days ago and wish I had this. Definitely didn’t cook it as long as you did and now I have blueberry soup 😂
If you pour 1/4" of melted paraffin wax on top of the jam before you put on the hot lid, it will form an extra barrier seal and you can store it in your cupboard.
Andy - "This is called masticating." My wife - "Wtf are you watching...."
Why is he masterbaiting the blueberries
@Ihavearacistgrandma2 "yes"
Gonna masterbait these Barries really quick
Actually masticating is another present tense way of saying chewing
@@dieselebrahim889yeah he confused masticating with macerating. The latter of which he’s going to the berries.
I always masticate when I watch Andy's videos
@EverydayTV~ “Wash yer hands, ya filthy animal” 😂😂😂
Waiting for this one
12 year old humour
@@CordobaGeneral1234 worth it
@@CordobaGeneral1234nah son..hunour jas evolved thanks to memes. This is now humour for people up to 40
"Blueberry is so cheap" I've never heard that before
Right?!? Cheap where I’m from would be anything less than $4/pint. Lol
Me neither... Living in Germany
Blueberries are so cheap AT THE MOMENT
Есть такое время когда она вообще бесплатная
2.79 a pint at Aldi. Seems pretty cheap to me
I appreciate you masticating in your kitchen and sharing the experience with us.
Heidelbeeren 🍇 Marmelade 🥃 mein lieblings Essen 😋🍇
That's what I love about Aussie summertime Christmases. All the best fruit is coming into season: cherries, mangoes, watermelon passionfruit, citrus... etc
@@Karii.554 the entire southern hemisphere is coming into summer now. Though obviously that wont guarantee that everywhere will be yielding the same fruits at the same time. Still comes down to climate and conditions as it does everywhere. Probably wont be seeing any mangoes up in the Andes lol.
Damn… might be time to move
@@Karii.554Jesus 😂 do you live under a rock?
Feels wrong having a Christmas so warm though.
@@GiraffeFeatures I’ve heard that before a fair few times and I get it. But I guess it’s just one of those things that are relative to the persons experience. For someone like me that is the norm, and it has an entirely different theme and feel to it. Growing up in Sydney, my sort of childhood memories of xmas are all hot summer days in the xmas period, long days, tropical kind of storms in the afternoon/evening, cicadas and crickets at night, and xmas was always like a bbq type deal. Loads of cold drinks and meats done on the grille. Water balloon wars between all the children and setting up slip and slides, playing under sprinklers, and just that general type of thing. It never snows in Sydney (or almost any of Australia at all), but the sort of hallmark image of a white xmas and all that accompanies it seems totally foreign to me and it would be weird.
I remember going blueberry picking as a child and we made GALLONS of jam! (I'm 65). I miss those days.
That's so beautiful
thats so coolll mannn
Come visit me in a couple years (3 would be better) I'm growing a blueberry farm!
@@acornhomestead3575can I come?
That's beautifull how nice of you telling us it's so lovely
Only 100 g of sugar? Thats amazing! In Europe, recipes generally have the same amount of sugar for the same amount of fruits. This helps the stability, the jam may be kept at room temperature for 2 years, but increases blood sugar levels heavily when you eat it. The solution I see in this video its better for the diet and health. Ok, you need to keep it in the fridge, but its 5 times less sugar in the product. Lovely idea!
Ain’t nobody reading your comment neither Andy gonna respond
@@Savior41i actually read the comment because i was interested in what she said, cry about it and fill me a cup of tears while at it
@@popaandrei4422 your like the only one who actually cared to read it
@@Savior41wrong. I read it too. why are you being miserable in the comment section of a dude making jam, grow up
@@moonlineslover im not miserable im just saying no npc like you will read this comment i am grown up and i understand the world a lot so don’t talk
I love masticating everytime! It really helps especially when no ones around or you are alone.
I call that macerating - mixing fruit with sugar, lol. Masticating means chewing 😂 I love you Andy!
He said macerating
@@LisaMT1218watch it again
@@LisaMT1218He definitely said masticating
Lisa no your wrong lol it even says the wrong word on screen
We knew what he meant 😂😂😂
Masticate = To Chew Macerate = Soften by soaking in liquid The crystalline sugar draws out moisture from the blueberries, which they then soak in and soften.
HAHAHA
@@temgrot whats so funny?
I'm confused 😕 is he joking? Seems serious. No wink wink nudge.
@@justmaleigh6313I know about masticate being to chew so the second one is also probably likely to be accurate so it isn’t a joke
OMG I thought it was just me- nearly lost it LOL
I've done basil and rosemary. Both turned out excellent.
Quick tip: Let the jars cool down upside-down. This makes sure they 100% seal air tight, I've occasionaly had jars not seal properly when cooling down right side up.
I do that too
Great advice
Also if you want a smoother texture use a potato masher at the end of cooking to gently break the fruit up more, don't use a stick/emulsion blender or you'll break the seeds open giving the jam a weird texture
inversion canning is not safe or even effective at creating a complete seal.
my grandma always put like a teaspoon 80% rum on top of the jam, lit it and closed the jars, that way there will be a perfect seal because the flame will consume the oxygen that's on top.
Be sure to listen for the lid POP before shelving. It'll tell you if a vacuum has set.
"Homemade just tastes better" truer words have never been spoken
Thanks! You always make cooking more fun!!!
i masticate a lot too Andy ...
I too enjoy mastication
Keep it tucked Subham
I’m sorry what 😭😭
mom said not to do it in kitchen
im actually gonna masticate right now!
I swear, I've never seen someone so enthusiastic about cooking. Love your energy!
hey, kami...😎
Watch emmy made in Japan
I love doing this with strawberries🥰
Uncle Randy is one of the best Australians out there.
The ratio of 5:1 is actually really good even for smaller amounts, I’m surprised!! Thanks for the recipe Andy!!
Homemade, home grown, looking forward to that this summer.
The way Andy said “Lava”I love it 😅😂
In Aus, it's blueberry season. Wait another 3 months for NZ, and another 6 to 9 for the States (depending on whether you're southern or northern. It's a good recipe - any jam recipe without added pectin is good stuff, I like the texture better
Wow, you've got information, thank you.
I use the reduced sugar recipes for my added pectin jams. It sets up slightly softer and allows the fruit to be the star.
I used to have a Granny Smith apple tree. If you peel the apple in one long corkscrew shape you can substitute it for commercial pectin. I made fruit syrups this way. My children and l like the fruit in the jams better tho.
Nothing in nz is fucking cheap anymore
@@shrimpymuscles8413 Nice,are Granny Smith's not just Australian?
Nice with the fennel pollen, I usually add lemon zest and cardamom but will try yours
Yeeeeesssss. I have a fruit and veggie garden and pick my own blueberries, and making jam from the harvest is SO satisfying. 😏
i have never tried blueberry jam but rose jam is really good
I thought the term was macerate, and that masticate was just to chew. I looked it up, and it also means reduce to a pulp by crushing or kneading The More You Know 🌈✨️. Lucky score with the cheap blueberries! Is the fennel pollen like an anise flavor?
Yep it sure is
@andy_cooks Oh, cool, thanks. I bet that compliments the sweet/tart well.
@@andy_cooksCan fennel seeds be used as a replacement?
@@andy_cooksthis looks so delicious!✨
@@MrGTO86looks like you can ...not as intense amd way cheaper
Blueberry and raspberry jam, known as queens jam in sweden is amazing!
Men han använder inget smör ju!
Alltså, Andy använder inte ens riktiga blåbär.
@@jonaslundholm det är antagligen de amerikanska genmodifierade blåbären..
@MrArmynut~ ooh, that sounds divine. I have enjoyed them separately of course, but together- downright Regal. Thanks for sharing.
I want to ask do blueberry does not have seed in it , in my country it does we have to take it out then we eat it.
Thanks for recipe I just made it this morning ❤
I’ve always wanted to make jam. Thanks for pushing me. I’m gonna make some this weekend :)
Love the videos Andy. There’s a dish that’s common here on the Atlantic Coast of Canada that we make when blueberries are in season. If you’re looking to give it a go, just look up “blueberry grunt.” It’s a stovetop cobbler, and is (in my opinion at least) quite good.
My mom made that only one time when I was a kid. It’s such a vivid taste memory and its 45 years later! So good! I didn’t know what it was called. Now I can make it. Thank you! 😋
my only other suggestion is you put a date of packaging on the jar if you make more than one, and write on it when it needs eating by once opened.... found a black jar tucked into the back of my cupboard the other day and if it had have had a date on it id have not opened it by mistake..... black marmalade from over 10 years ago dosnt smell grreat btw.
@mrgreeneggs6191 Were you hoping to scrape off a bit of black and salvage the rest? Or perhaps, hoping you had grown a few of your own diamonds? I can imagine the odor lingered on the wind for a bit. Always best to avoid inhaling mold spores, if at all possible. Happy Thanksgiving!
The baller way you snuck your cookbook in & without begging for like or subscriptions 🤌 *chefs kiss*
My grandfather used to make us jams from all types of fruits. Absolutely delicious homemade stuff
First jam without equal parts sugar I seen on this app💯
This is so wholesome!
LOL! Blueberries are expensive here in Texas! I’ll save this for the summer ❤!!
Looks delicious, especially the addition of herb sounds like a good idea. I have some recommendations: there is special jam making sugar out there, in German its called Gelierzucker, it is basically sugar with pectine. Using this, you dont need to cook for a two hours, a few minutes are enough. In this way, you dont cook away the more fresh/acidic component of the fruit/berries and it tastes fresher in the end. Kind regards
Ngl, I felt my mouth watering when I saw those fresh blueberries❤
My grandparents have massive wild plum bushes on their land and we make jam out of it every year it's so good.
I love blueberry jam on pancakes. With a bite of maple breakfast sausage. Yum
it looks delicious!😊
Andy - "This is called masticating" Me - *Blinking*
Perfect match on fridge Cheese cake
Gotta do a cranberry jam for upcoming thanksgiving
Grew up with blueberries in my backyard on Long Island - ❤ them!
The one time I wish I wasn’t allergic to blueberries is seeing you can make jam out of them 😭
Where i live getting this would be a miracle and price is like eating a bowl of caviar 😅
Where’s that?
Fr blueberry is crazy expensive
@@bingusbintedin Australia they are literally so cheap right now for some reason. My partner has been dehydrating them and grinding them or leaving them whole - they don’t taste that amazing from the supermarket but once they’re dehydrated they become really sweet and delicious without adding any sugar - but usually they’re pretty expensive around $5 for a 125g punnet. Lately they’re basically $1.99 an punnet
Dunno about OP, but in France they’re always pretty expensive. Just checked a supermarket’s price and they’re about 20-35€/kg right now: 10€ for a half kilo and 4€ for 125g
@@insidethegardenwall22 dont wanna disclose my country, sorry 😣
"Blueberries are so cheap at the moment" Not something you'll ever hear in New Zealand
The subtle plug was good. I respect that
Our apricot tree is starting to come alive, the apricot blossoms are blooming and leaves are starting to come in, wont be too long till I get to make my apricot jam. Our apricots are super sweet.
Congrats to Australia For winning the Cricket World Cup!
I love it!!!!! Thank you chef!! Great video. I love blueberries and I love your channel! This video was meant for me from the universe. Thanks Chef happy cooking! And I Hope you’re all doing great out there!!
"at the moment" thats so real.
My family makes something similar called Kvizh where we use the same recipe but raw honey instead of sugar, lemon instead of vinegar and puree and strain it. Very good
Here in Greece we use much more sugar while making jams or spoon sweets with fruits, usually 1/1
I use more too, how much depends on the fruit but never less than 50% sugar to fruit. I don't eat a lot of jam and need the sugar to preserve it.
Thats way too much sugar for my taste. I prefer a bit of tartness in my jams.
@@LisaMT1218trust me that's not a lot of sugar for a jam
That's why he put it in the fridge. It's not enough sugar for long shelf life jam.
Γλυκα του κουταλιού οτι καλύτερο
Hey Andy Chef, you can turn the jar upside down when you put lid on. Thats sealing cap with hot. People using this tecnique on pickle jars in Turkey
I'm not gay, but I do love this guy! He cooks AMAZING foods! A master chef! His very pretty wife is lucky he can cook like this. Wished I could cook for my wife like this!
“yo bro can you get a blueberry jam for me?” “yeah just gimme 5 hours…”
Andy, can you do a blueberry pie! No one does them in Australia. It always has apple in it! I have to make my own but im sure you could knock a decent one up...
Great idea!
yum
This looks good
Having this on waffles straight out the pot is insanely good
I live on the blueberry barrens in Maine, where they can grow wild and for miles the fields (posted ☹️) go for miles. Blueberry with orange peel is good.
Mmm that does sound like a nice combo.
Do blueberries and other berries produce their own pectin? I made lemon marmalade because we had a whole bunch of lemons that were gonna go bad and canned in a water bath actually in March 2021, as I just looked and apparently have one jar left in the cabinet. It was nice because you didn’t have to add any pectin. Just lots of lemon and sugar.
Andy is a world-class chef, not an idiot. masticate verb mas·ti·cate ˈma-stə-ˌkāt masticated; masticating Synonyms of masticate transitive verb 1 : to grind or crush (food) with or as if with the teeth : CHEW The cows were masticating their food. 2 : to soften or reduce to pulp by crushing or kneading PEOPLE!!! Geeze Louise, read your comments, 'he's got it wrong, masticate means chew.'. OMG. To chew is to crush. Masticate is crush.
Well, welcome to the internet. Where everyone wants to prove they're better than everyone else. Only to be proven wrong most of the time. Haha!
Its kinda sad how much I see people being confidently incorrect on things that only takes a few seconds to search up
Mad respect to people have have to stir a pot for 2 hours
Nice to see another person reusing Smuckers peanut butter jars! Wish they would redesign the jars to take standard wide mouth size rings and lids!
Fennel pollen?
Right!? Said that like it’s no big deal, I don’t even know if it exists
Masticating with my sister is fun ❤
😦..
NICE AND THICK JAM BRO❤❤❤
i love your recipes uncle andy
macerating surely 😊
I was just thinking the same 🤣. Maybe he chewed them a bit off camera
Mastacate means to crush up, macerate means to soften by soaking in liquid. Both a pretty apt in this situation.
You are correct he is incorrect
Look up the definition of masticating. He's correct.
read it again. you're both wrong. @@guiturtlewood
Sorry but, Blueberries are NEVER cheap unless you're a rich youtuber. 😋✌
just say you're broke lol
They're cheap in Australia🤦♂️
Theyre cheap in certain countries. less than 20 bucks per 10 kilos here if you know where to buy
@wigit2216 That's exactly what they're saying.
You can get about 2 pounds of blueberries for 10 bucks from where I am.
My best tip for anyone looking for good fruit, search up fruit farms in you're area a lot of them will open to let people come and pick their own berries! You can pick lots, you know its all fresh and best of all its usually way cheaper than fruit in stores
I ate so much blueberry jam from homemade blueberries that I can taste is even while just looking at it 😂
You should turn the jars upsidedown after they're closed. Air will then remain on the bottom of the jar while it cools. As temperature decreases, air will reduce its volume, creating a suction. When cool, turn the jars once again and you'll notice you've created a small vaccume that'll allow you to store the jam for much longer
Does it have to be refrigerated if you do it that way?
@@penelopepalmNo, it does not need to be refrigerated - just store it in a cool dark place -, but you SHOULD refrigerate it once you have opened it! I use special jam-sugar that is 2:1 (1000g of fruit to 500g of sugar) and the sugar makes it last, but homemade jam does not contain additional preservatives like industrial jam, so in the fridge it goes after opening 😊 My mum used 1:1 jam-sugar (one part sugar to one part fruit) and I am still enjoying the jam she made 12 years ago 🤷🏻♀️ What is essential, like Andy said, is to sterilize the glasses and covers in boiling water beforehand ☝🏻👩🏻 Otherwise mold may grow on the inside of the cover 😬
@@muddi-hh excellent! Thank you!
Bro it's sooo true. I made boysenberry jam from a couple cans. The absolute best jam of any I'd ever bought and the cost was cheaper. The cans were cheap!
Recommend a funnel to keep the seal clean! Other comments are right on and making sure it seals properly can save you from some pretty nasty diseases. I also recommend using pectin to jelli-fy your jam so it’s not so much a sauce. You can also mash your jam and strain out the skins for a smoother jelly
oh yea- that looks absolutely delicious
Fire, bro. I will be doing this very soon.
If you do this with blueberries you pick yourself its like heaven😊
i need to make this ASAP
Jam (at least from french super market) are one of the few things that I feel like it taste exactly the same wether it is homemade or not.
he was fighting that toast
Blueberry and lemon drizzle cake is rlly good you could probably use that jam to make the drizzle
Perfect 🥰 💞 👌 👍 🥰
I literally am ready to buy those jars
Legend says he was stirring for the full 2 hours
mixing blueberry jam and raspberry jam is the way to take pancakes to heaven
Blueberry-my preciouse
This is an excellent recipe for modifying, any fruit with a semi decent pectin content will work great and you can use other acids in place of apple cider vinegar if have a lemon or lime sitting around about to go bad. Personally I prefer to blend mine smooth as I don’t like the chunkier texture in my jams but they work great either way. My favorite I’ve ever made has to be one I made with pineapple and Serrano, made an excellent topping to a brioche bun, ground chicken patty, and pepper Jack. Some other fun ones I tried and enjoyed: Mango Strawberry jalapeño Cherry and bourbon (add early so it cooks off and leaves the flavor, water content can ruin it setting up) Apple and honey (this one is great left chunky) Apple and fireball (blend smooth for the most unhealthy cinnamon apple sauce known to mankind)
I also have a relative who swears by banana cinnamon but I have my doubts
Here in India, blueberries cost three times more than strawberries. That is already to expensive for a middle class.😂😂
Eating with some cream cheese or use as a cheesecake topping, flavor heaven
thanks for the recipe in the description... there dots in the top right off your screen and then click on description
*playing with blue balls* "this is called mascinating"
This would pair wonderfully with the bread I just made
I'd add a bit of saffron. Brightens up any jam. Excellent aftertaste
Wonder how it tastes with the apple cider vinegar…? I’ve always used lemon juice for my acid. I think I’m going to have to try this recipe. ✌🏻🥰😊
Two more things - firstly, let them cool upside down, *especially if you want to store them for a long time*! This helps form a vacuum, which seals the lid tight and prolongs their shelf life enormously Secondly, once they’ve cooled, push the center of the lid down with your finger. It should not budge at all! If it moves or even makes a clicking noise, that means the jar did not seal properly. This isn’t a huge problem, but it does mean you can’t store the jar for long and will have to eat the jam quickly