Mixed Berry Jam
This Mixed Berry Jam is made with strawberries, blueberries, raspberries, and blackberries. The perfect breakfast recipe to make when berries are in season!
Serve this Mixed Berry Jam alongside Cream Cheese Biscuits, Banana Pancakes, or Sourdough French Toast Recipe.
For more jam recipes, check out our PINEAPPLE JAM and homemade Apricot Preserves.
Mixed Berry Jam Recipe
One of our favourite things about spring is seeing lots of fruits in season at the grocery store. They are usually so cheap!
So when we saw berries the other day for half the usual price, we couldn’t resist buying! We love when we have all the berries at home. They often find their way to our breakfast plate. Sometimes on French toast, sometimes on pancakes… they are always there, mostly coated with a good helping of natural maple syrup. Love them!
If they do not appear fresh on the breakfast table, they appear as a jam. A homemade mixed berry jam oozing with fruity sweetness and a bit of tart. Life is good!
We never buy jam from the grocery store because of the loads of added sugar. We love making ours so we can see what exactly goes into it. Then we can use a spoon to scoop some directly from the pot and feed myself.
- Yield: 16 servings
- Prep: 5 minutes
- Cook: 30 minutes
- Total: 35 minutes
Ingredients
To make this mixed berry jam, you need berries, of course. You also need some sugar and lemon (see recipe below for quantities).
Note that this homemade berry jam is without pectin, a common jam ingredient. The jam works well without pectin.
Ingredients
- 2 cups strawberries
- 2 cups blueberries
- 2 cups raspberries
- 2 cups blackberries
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 2 tablespoons freshly squeezed lemon juice
Method
- Rinse the berries then cut strawberries into halves or quarters. Place them in a large pot then add lemon juice and sugar. Mix everything well and let them rest for 5 minutes.
- Bring the berries to boil on high heat then reduce heat to medium and let the berries simmer while stirring from time to time. If you like, use a potato masher to mash the berries as they simmer. The jam is ready when it has a gel-like consistency. Let it cool then place in a jar to preserve.
