I grew up on strawberry freezer jam, my mom would go pick up local berries, bring them home and make batches of freezer jam for us to enjoy over the winter months. If you've ever had homemade strawberry jam then you understand what a treat that it is-- it tastes like summer. It wasn't until I had my own kitchen that I started making it myself and experimenting with different flavor combinations. I tried out two new ones this season so far, my little taste testers have given their sticky thumbs up to both and I'm excited to share one of them with you!
Its called 'Berry Citrus Jam' and it's a flavor combination of blueberries, raspberries, and orange citrus. Once our strawberry jam was complete and in the freezer I wanted to try something new-- I had a beautiful bowl of blueberries in the fridge but I'm not a fan of pure blueberry jam so I browsed the web for compatible flavor combinations I could used to spice things up and decided on a blueberry-orange combo-- and then I wanted to create another layer of flavor I thought I would cut back on some of the blueberry and add raspberries. Also -- it's worth noting that I don't deseed my jam, first of all, I like the rustic look and I just don't have time for all of the extra steps. Below is a photo of the finshed product as well as the recipe I used, it's totally customizeable so have fun!
Bake bread or biscuits and enjoy!
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