Easy Freezer Mulberry Jam
Easy Freezer Mulberry Jam is made with fresh or frozen mulberries, sugar, lemon juice and liquid pectin. A delicious jam you don’t usually see in the stores. The mulberry trees grow wild in our yard and picking them can be done by hand or by placing a sheet of plastic under a branch and shaking the branch so the berries fall onto the plastic. Homemade freezer jams are so easy and cheap to make and you can’t beat the flavor.
I opted for picking them by hand because
I only needed 4 cups to make my jam.
Mulberries stain horribly as you can see.
Ingredients
Rinse the mulberries gently with cold water
and drain. Yes I leave the little green stem on.
If it bothers you to eat it you can take it off.
Place the mulberries, sugar and lemon
juice into a large stainless steel pot or
enameled cast iron pot. Do not use
aluminum or non-enameled cast iron.
Stir mixture constantly over high heat.
As it heats up the sugar will start to dissolve.
Bring to a full boil stirring constantly.
Once the sugar is completely dissolved, and
it is boiling, add and stir in the liquid pectin.
Boil for 1 minute stirring constantly.
Remove from the heat and skim off any foam.
Ladle into small freezer containers leaving
1/2″ headspace for freezing. I put mine into
the refrigerator for about 15 minutes,
uncovered, to cool and set. The seeds
will come to the top. I cover it and
freeze it for up to one year.
Use it on toast, with a peanut butter sandwich,
over ice cream or however you enjoy it best.
Easy Freezer Mulberry Jam
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Ingredients
- 4-5 cups fresh or frozen mulberries (I leave the green stem on but feel free to remove it if you want)
- 6 cups granulated sugar
- 1/2 cup lemon juice
- 1 pouch liquid pectin
Directions
- Rinse the mulberries gently with cold water.
- Place the mulberries, sugar and lemon juice into a stainless steel or enameled cast iron pot. (You must use a non reactive pot)
- Stir the mixture constantly over high heat until combined and the sugar dissolves.
- Continue to stir constantly and cook until the mixture comes to a full boil and the sugar is completely dissolved.
- Add the liquid pectin and boil for 1 minute stirring constantly.
- Remove from the heat and skim off any foam.
- Let cool a few minutes then ladle into freezer containers leaving about 1/2″ headspace.
- Place into the refrigerator, uncovered, to cool for about 15 minutes.
- Cover and freeze for up to one year.
- Serve with toast, peanut butter sandwich, over ice cream or whatever is your favorite way.
Wow so good…
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I love the flavor thank you!
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More went down in that kitchen than mulberries lol!
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Hahaha It took 2 days to get all the stain off my hands. I tried to pick with gloves but that just doesn’t work.
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Your secret is safe with me Diane .. 😁 lol!
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OK I will give it up, I was jamming! 😂🤣😂🤣😂
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LOL!!!!
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Quick question for you.
Is the process the same for fresh blueberries and blackberries?
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Similar but not exactly the same due to the pectin and berry ratio. They are all very simple though.
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I saw your stained hand and my mind went straight to zombie movie makeup. 😁
Mulberries are so delicious; dried white mulberries too.
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OMG I never thought about dehydrating them! I have a large dehydrator that may be on the list for next year. Thank you for the inspiration!
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Yum!
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I love the color and taste of the jam. Thank you Lena.
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wow yum! looks delicious and beautiful color.
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Thank you the color is wonderful along with the taste. 🌸
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Yum 😋 I love mulberries ..
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Me too but I think I eat more than I save! Lol
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Yummy!!
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Thank you! ❤️
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You had me at “jam.” 🙂
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Me too Matt!
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reminds me of childhood days when I tasted mulberry…. 🙂 Thank you Diane..am looking forward to making this..!
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You’re welcome….enjoy! 😋
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Question for the expert: would this recipe work for currants? I have a ton of currants in the freezer that were picked last year. I never got around to making the jam.
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I don’t believe you use pectin for currants and they use a lot less sugar so no, this recipe won’t work and you would need a different recipe. I have never tasted or made currant jam but I bet it would be delicious! Different fruit has different levels of pectin in the skin. Currants happen to have enough to thicken the jam.
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Thanks so much!
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You’re welcome!
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They stain but I’m sure was all worth it 😉😋
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Oh yes!!!!!
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Thanks a lot for sharing a recipe of jam, unfortunately mulberries don’t grow in our region so I only had a feast of my eyes on your lovely preparation.Take care.🙏😊🌹
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They are yummy right off the tree too but very messy and stain horribly. Thanks for your nice comment!
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My pleasure.🌹😊🙏
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This is such a great way to make jam. Sterilizing jars, etc., is such a pain, isn’t it? This seems so much better.
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This is a breeze to make this way although I do love canning. I had room in the freezer and I didn’t make a ton so that’s why I froze it. Thanks!
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This looks wonderful! Funnily I didn’t even know what a mulberry was a week ago. Then the hubby found a few growing in our yard (nowhere near enough to make jam) and then your blog post. 🙂 Your hands looks nicely stained from the hard work of jamming. Enjoy!
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They are a very messy tree. If you get one on your clothes it will stain it permanently. It took two days to get it off of my hand. Thank you Ab!
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We have mulberries growing in the Park – the two ladies have already been picking them right off the bush! Maybe I ought to share this recipe with them.
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That may be why they are picking them Linda but then again they are delicious just to snack on too…lol Can’t beat free fruit!
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They do that every year Diane – those bushes bear fruit and they are pickin’ … the squirrels and groundhog like the berries too and climb right up into the trees for their snack. 🙂
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I bet! I know our birds leave their purple droppings all over my bench’s, chairs and tables!
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Well that’s unfortunate for sure – I see it at the Park too – we have lots of berry bushes there! In fact, I got “hit” a few weeks ago on my sweater – didn’t see it til I got home. I was some kind of horrified, believe me!
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I think we all have been there! So gross!
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Indeed!
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Yummmm…looks Delicious ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
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Thank you Shaheen! 💕
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I’ve never had mulberry jam or mulberries. I would love to try! Such a lovely color too.
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They are different from any other berry and grow wild on trees in my yard. If you ever get the chance to try them do. I think they don’t get the recognition because it’s hard to get that tiny green stem off. We have always just eaten it with the berry.
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This is awesome
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It was and you can’t beat free fruit! Thank you! 💕
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I’ve never tried mulberries, unfortunately. That’s some impressive staining, though! How long before it wears off?
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I washed most of it off my hands by that night but I couldn’t get it out from under my fingernails even after 2 days. It looked so bad I had to cut them short to get rid of the color…lol
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All natural nail polish? 🙂
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Good one! 🤣😂🤣
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Wow, sounds easy! I’ve never seen mulberries. What a great concept….freezer jam!
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They are very messy and stain terribly. However, they taste great, made delicious jam and were free since they grow wild on our property…lol
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