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Making Jams and Jellies from Frozen Fruit

Making Jams and Jellies from Frozen Fruit

Can you make jam or jelly from frozen fruit? Absolutely! I do it every year. I freeze up my excess berries as they come in from the garden and then make batches of jam as I need throughout the winter.

But there are some tips to making jams and jellies from frozen fruit or juice:

• The best frozen fruits for jams or jellies are strawberries, blackberries, raspberries, Tayberries, Marionberries, Ollalieberries, blueberries, red and black currants, gooseberries and rhubarb. I've also had success with peaches and figs.
• Before freezing the fruit, measure the fruit and mark the container with the name of the fruit, the date and the original volume. Many fruits collapse as they thaw and may create an inaccurate measure.
• Jams and jellies from frozen fruit and juice are better if no sugar is added before freezing.
• When freezing fruit for jelly or jams, you generally should avoid dead-ripe fruits, sticking to a mix of 1/4 slightly under-ripe and 3/4 ripe fruit. That will have more firmness later.
• Thaw frozen fruit in the refrigerator until only a few ice crystals remain. Then use it without delay. Follow directions for the type of jam you are making (see a list of easy reliable recipes below) and follow the recommended proportions of fruit (measured before freezing), pectin and sugar.

Using frozen fruit juice to make jelly

When making jelly from frozen juice, thaw frozen juice in the refrigerator overnight. Measure juice and use it immediately in recommended proportions with sugar and pectin.

Easy to follow, reliable jam and jelly recipes

You should use a water bath canner

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• Berry jams(strawberry, triple berry, raspberry, blackberry, loganberry, mixed berry, etc.)
• Apple jelly
• Apricot jam.
• Aronia Jam NEW
• Aronia Jelly NEW
• Blackberry jam
• Blackberry jelly
• Blueberry jam
• Blueberry jelly
• Cherry jam and cherry preserves
• Cherry jelly
• Crabapple jelly
• Cranberry conserve
• Currant jelly (red, black or white currants)
• Fig jam
• Fig-strawberry jam
• Fig-strawberry jam, made with Jell-O gelatin
• FROG Jam (fig-raspberry-orange-ginger)
• Grape jelly from fresh grapes
• Grape jelly from grape juice (canned, bottled or frozen)
• Honeysuckle jelly
• Jalapeno pepper jelly
• Jelly - from bottled or frozen fruit juices
• Kiwi jam
• Kudzu Jelly - yes, you really can make a jelly from Kudzu flower
• Kumquat jam or marmalade
• Loquat jelly
• Mango jam
• Mango-raspberry jam
• Medlar jelly
• Mulberry jam
• Muscadine or scuppernong jelly
• Onion marmalade
• Orange marmalade
• Peach or Nectarine jam
• Pear jam and pear jelly
• Pepper Jelly, hot or sweet, including chilies, jalapeno, and pimiento
• Persimmon jelly
• Pineapple jam
• Plum Jam
• Plum jelly
• Pomegranate jelly
• Quince jam or preserves
• Raspberry jam
• Rhubarb-strawberry jam!
• Saskatoon jam
• Saskatoon jelly
• Strawberry jam (with pectin) (uses less sugar or honey and less cooking)
• Strawberry jam (without pectin) (requires much more sugar and cooking)
• Strawberry (and other berry) jams without sugar
• Strawberry jelly
• Strawberry-rhubarb jam!
• Tomato Preserves
• Watermelon jelly
• Other jam recipes and jelly recipes.
• What happens if my jam or jelly doesn't gel? Remaking cooked runny jam or jelly instructions can be found on this page
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