Mulberry Jam
We were blessed to inherit well established mulberry trees on our property. Mulberries are sweet and delicious, and make a wonderful jam. If you have access to mulberries, take the time to gather them and make some homemade jam!
Ingredients
- 2 pounds mulberries
- 1 pound cane sugar
- 1/2 of a lemon, juiced
- 4-5 lemon seeds
Instructions
- Gather 2 pounds of ripe mulberries, wash and remove stems. See notes below.
- Place washed and trimmed berries in a food processor and process until well mixed and smooth (about 30 -45 seconds).
- Place berries in a medium saucepan and bring to a boil. Boil for about 5 minutes and then add 1 pound of sugar and mix well, stirring frequently. Cook on low for about 25 minutes. The liquid should reduce by about 50% during this process.
- Continue cooking the berries and add juice from 1/2 a lemon. Also add in about 5 lemon seeds. The seeds will help your jam to thicken without adding pectin. Cook for an additional 15 minutes.
- Remove jam from heat and allow to cool. Store in Mason jars in the fridge. You can can it or freeze it if you would like. I chose to just share some and eat the rest.
Notes
To gather our mulberries, we placed a clean cloth under our tree and shook the branches. The ripe mulberries fall to the ground. We then gather up the cloth and pour them into a large bowl. Once the berries are gathered, we lay them on cookie sheets and sort the leaves and stick out. Rinse them well and wash with a low concentration white vinegar solution. Be gentle... the really ripe ones mush easy. To remove stems I used my kitchen shears and cut the tip with the stem off.
Everything I read about mulberries said to remove the stems before cooking. This is very time consuming. I removed the stems from 2/3's of the batch and left the stems on the remaining 1/3. I couldn't notice the stems in my batch. Next time I may leave half and see what happens. Removing mulberry stems is a great time to put on an audio book, grab a glass of iced tea, and sit at your kitchen table and just enjoy the peaceful monotony.
We serve ours on homemade bread with grass fed butter.
I found the recipe for this jam at https://ladyleeshome.com/how-to-make-mulberry-jam/