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How to Make Blueberry Butter - Easily! With Step-by-step Directions, Photos, Ingredients, Recipe and Costs

Yield: 7 to 9 pint jars

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Making and canning your own

Ingredients

fresh young asparagus spears - any quantity. I figure 5 or 6 spears per serving.

Equipment

Vacuum food sealer or "ziploc" type freezer bags (the freezer bag version is heavier and protects better against freezer burn.
1 sharp knife

1 Large pot of boiling water
2 large bowls, one filled with cold water and ice.

Directions - Step by Step

Step - Select young tender spears.

Step - Wash thoroughly and sort into sizes.

Step - Trim stalks by removing scales with a sharp knife. Cut into even lengths to fit containers.

Step - Water blanch small spears 2 minutes, medium spears 3 minutes and large spears 4 minutes.

Step - Cool promptly,

Step -

Freezing Asparagus

Preparation -

drain and package, leaving no headspace. Seal and freeze.

This document was adapted from the "Complete Guide to Home Canning," Agriculture Information Bulletin No. 539, USDA, revised 2006.

Reviewed May 2009.