Sweet and sour cherry preserve

Ingredients

• Sweet and sour cherry preserve (mason jar recipes)
• Ingredients:
• 4 cups sweet cherries, pitted
• 5 cups sour cherries, pitted
• 2 lemons, zest grated and juiced
• 3 cups granulated sugar
• 3 tsp Pectin
• 3 tsp calcium water

Instructions

1. Instructions:
2. Toss the cherries into a large pan and pour in ½ cup water, calcium water and freshly squeezed lemon juice.
3. Place a lid on top and heat over gentle flame until it starts boiling.
4. Reduce to a simmer and cook for 10 minutes, stirring often, until the cherries turns mushy and release their juices.
5. Toss the sugar and grated lemon zest in a bowl and whisk in pectin to mix thoroughly.
6. Blend this mixture into the cooked cherries and bring the final mix back to a boil.
7. Continue to do so for 5 minutes or until it turn considerably thicker.
8. Turn off the heat and keep aside.
9. Divide the prepared jam among 7-8 half-pint Mason jars in boiling water bath and put the lid on.
10. Process for 10 minutes and lift them up onto a kitchen towel; keep aside to cool.
11. Check the seal of each jar and store the jam in them for as long as one year at room temperature.
12. Slather the on bread toasts or enjoy it desserts!
13. Image credit: https://www.flickr.com/photos/jeffreyww/4880802685/in/

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