No Sugar Homemade Jam Recipes

SUGAR FREE STRAWBERRY JAM

Steps:

• Chop the strawberries and place them in a saucepan together with the water.
• Bring to the boil (lid on), then turn down the heat medium and let it bubble away for 15 minutes. Only add the lemon juice if you want to store the jam for longer than 1 week - it prevents the growth of bacteria.
• Mash the strawberries with a potato masher (or with a fork), then continue to cook on low-medium for another 30 minutes until reduced by half. You want it to bubble peacefully. Bubbles will become smaller as the liquid evaporates. Stir regularly with a spatula to prevent the jam from burning. Towards the end of cooking, stir constantly.
• Taste. If necessary, sweeten with 1 tbsp of powdered erythritol.
• Add the ground chia seeds and stir. Cool and fill into a sterilised jar. Store in the fridge.

HOMEMADE ELDERBERRY JAM

Steps:

• In a small pot, mix together the fruits, the 1/2 teaspoon of stevia, and the 1 teaspoon of kuzu.
• Use a small burner and bring it to a boil while stirring.
• Once it is boiling, lower the heat to a minimum and cover the pot.
• After about 10 minutes, stir it again.
• Cover the pot again and let it cook for another 10 minutes.
• Be careful that the jam doesn't stick to the bottom of the pot.
• After about 20 minutes, the jam will have already become quite dense and, once cooled, will gain in density.
• Let it cool completely before storing it in the jar.*

SUGAR-FREE STRAWBERRY JAM - ALL THE TASTE WITHOUT THE CARBS (SHELF STABLE!)

Steps:

• Wash jars, bands, and lids in hot soapy water. Place jars in water bath canner filled 1/2 way with water. Bring water to a rolling boil. Turn off the burner and leave jars in canner until ready to use.
• Place lids and bands in water in a small saucepan and heat until water simmers. Keep lids & bands in warm water until ready to use.
• If using fresh strawberries, chop into quarters before adding to a large saucepan. If using frozen measure 6 cups and add to your saucepan.
• Add lemon juice, vanilla and calcium water to strawberries and blend in well.
• In a bowl add allulose and pectin and blend well.
• Heat the strawberries in the saucepan over medium heat. As they start to soften, mash with the back of a fork, or use a potato masher. I like my jam to be a bit chunky so I only mash a little bit. Mash your strawberries to the consistency that you like. Bring strawberries to a boil.
• Add pectin-sweetener mixture, continuing to mix for 1 to 2 minutes to dissolve the pectin while the strawberry jam comes back up to a boil. Boil for 1 full minute once the jam reaches the boiling stage.
• Fill jam jars to ¼" to the top. Clean rims with a clean cloth. Add lids and twist bands until finger tight.
• Add jars to the water bath canner when the water in the canner reaches a full boil. Boil 10 full minutes (add 1 minute more for every 1,000 ft. above sea level).
• Remove from water. Let jars cool undisturbed for 24 hours.
• Test for seal, if a jar did not seal, you can reprocess it again in the canner for 10 full minutes, or add that jar to the refrigerator for up to 3 weeks.
• If your strawberry jam did not gel to the consistency you want you can add the jam back into a saucepan and add another tsp of calcium water. Bring the jam back up to a boil and repeat steps 8 to 11.

SUGAR FREE GRAPE JAM

Steps:

• Cut the grapes in half, and add them to a pot. Put it on medium heat, cover with a lid and leave the grapes to warm up. They will simmer as the grapes start to soften.
• After about 20 minutes they will have softened significantly. Use the back of a spoon, or ideally a potato masher, to mash the grapes into a jam like consistency.
• Leave the jam to simmer for another 10 minutes, then remove it from the heat. Transfer it to glass containers, or leave it to chill slightly if you plan to store it in plastic containers.

LOW SUGAR / NO SUGAR STRAWBERRY JAM

Steps:

• Prepare waterbath canner, jars and lids according to manufacturers instructions, if preserving. Prepare and measure ingredients for recipe.
• Combine prepared fruit with fruit juice in a large saucepan. Gradually stir in Ball® RealFruit™ Low or No-Sugar Needed Pectin
• Add sugar, sugar substitute or honey, if using. Return mixture to a full rolling boil. Boil hard 1 minute, stirring constantly. Remove from heat. Skim foam if necessary.
• Ladle hot jam into hot jars, one at a time, leaving 1/4 inch headspace. Wipe rims. Center lids on jars. Apply bands and adjust to fingertip tight.
• Place filled jars in canner ensuring jars are covered by 1 to 2 inches of water. Place lid on canner. Bring water to gentle, steady boil.
• Process jars for 10 minutes, adjusting for altitude*. Turn off heat, remove lid and let jars stand for 5 minutes.
• Remove jars and cool. Check lids for seal after 24 hours. Lid should not flex up and down when center is pressed. Clean and store according to manufacturers instructions.

NO SUGAR ADDED BLACKBERRY JAM (WITH SPLENDA)

Steps:

• Place blackberries in medium saucepan over medium heat and add lemon juice.
• Crush berries with a potato masher, or any other tool, until desired consistency.
• I like there to be big chunks of berries in my jam, so I only crush a little.
• Cook for about 5 minutes, or until the mixture comes to a full boil.
• Blend Splenda and the Lite Pectin in a small bowl, then add to the berry mixture.
• Bring back to a boil, and stir slowly until Splenda and pectin have dissolved.
• Mix well and allow to simmer one more minute.
• Fill clean, hot jars with the jam, leaving about 1/4 inch space, and seal with two-part lids.
• Store jam in refrigerator.
• After opening, jam can be stored for two weeks, refrigerated.