This Cherry Jam is the perfect addition to any breakfast or dessert. Serve it with pancakes, yogurt, and ice cream (we love it on vanilla ice cream, cherry ice cream, and Cherry SemiFreddo)! You won’t be able to resist its sweet and delicious flavor.
Sterilizing Jars
Although it’s not a necessity for this recipe, to give your cherry jam preserves an extended shelf life (up to a month), sterilize your jar and its lid first! Improperly cleaned jars can infect food, resulting in rapid spoilage. Sterilizing Jars can easily be done in the dishwasher if you have a high-temperature setting or by soaking them in a sterilizing solution (paid link).
Step By Step Instructions
Combine the cherries, sugar, and lemon juice in a medium saucepan over medium heat.
Cook the mixture, stirring occasionally until the cherries have released their juices and the sugar has dissolved. Increase the heat to high and bring the mixture to a boil.
Boil the mixture for 3 minutes, then remove from the heat and stir in the butter.
Return to the heat, and bring to a boil. Then lower the heat to medium. Stir and mash the cherries frequently while cooking for 10 to 15 minutes until your desired consistency is reached or it comes to a temperature of 220°F/104 °C.
Carefully ladle the jam into clean tempered jars.
Allow to cool slightly, seal and refrigerate to cool before serving.
How to Tell if Jam Is Done without Thermometer
Put a spoon in the freezer for 10 to 15 minutes. Add some of the hot jam mixture onto the chilled spoon and run your finger through the jam to see if it wrinkles or flows back into the gap made. If the jam is still fairly fluid, put it back onto the heat and cook for five-minute intervals until it’s done.
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