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Bilberry Jam in a jar.

Simple Blueberry (Bilberry) Jam

Bilberry or Blueberry Jam is one of the most delicious things you can spread on your morning toast! Having recently found a spot to pick wild bilberries in North Wales we have made numerous batches of Bilberry Jam and we simply cannot get enough of it! Here we share our very simple, 3 ingredient recipe!
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Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 25 minutes
Total Time 35 minutes
Course Jam, Pantry Ingredients, Preserving
Cuisine British, Welsh
Servings 3 x 250 ml jars (approx)

Equipment

  • Sterilised Jars

Ingredients
  

  • 600 g bilberries or blueberries washed, stalks removed
  • 400 g granulated sugar no need for jam sugar with pectin
  • 1 tablespoon lemon juice

Instructions
 

  • Place the blueberries/bilberries, sugar and lemon juice into a parce pan and place it over a low heat. Stir with a wooden spoon from time to time until sugar has dissolved.
  • Once the sugar has dissolved, increase the heat to medium ad bring the jam to a boil. Stirring from time to time to prevent the jam burning on the bottom, carry on cooking for approx 15min.
  • If you have a kitchen thermometer, your jam should be 96-100 C, when ready. Otherwise test a few drops of the jam on a frozen saucer and place in the fridge for a minute. If it sets, the jam is easy to be poured into jars. Carefully ladle the jam into sterilised jars right up to the top and skrew the lids on.
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