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…
I love the flavor thank you!
More went down in that kitchen than mulberries lol!
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.
Your secret is safe with me Diane .. 😁 lol!
OK I will give it up, I was jamming! 😂🤣😂🤣😂
LOL!!!!
Quick question for you.
Is the process the same for fresh blueberries and blackberries?
Similar but not exactly the same due to the pectin and berry ratio. They are all very simple though.
I saw your stained hand and my mind went straight to zombie movie makeup. 😁
Mulberries are so delicious; dried white mulberries too.
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!
Yum!
I love the color and taste of the jam. Thank you Lena.
wow yum! looks delicious and beautiful color.
Thank you the color is wonderful along with the taste. 🌸
Yum 😋 I love mulberries ..
Me too but I think I eat more than I save! Lol
Yummy!!
Thank you! ❤️
You had me at “jam.” 🙂
Me too Matt!
reminds me of childhood days when I tasted mulberry…. 🙂 Thank you Diane..am looking forward to making this..!
You’re welcome….enjoy! 😋
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.
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.
Thanks so much!
You’re welcome!
They stain but I’m sure was all worth it 😉😋
Oh yes!!!!!
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.🙏😊🌹
They are yummy right off the tree too but very messy and stain horribly. Thanks for your nice comment!
My pleasure.🌹😊🙏
This is such a great way to make jam. Sterilizing jars, etc., is such a pain, isn’t it? This seems so much better.
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!
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!
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!
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.
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!
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. 🙂
I bet! I know our birds leave their purple droppings all over my bench’s, chairs and tables!
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!
I think we all have been there! So gross!
Indeed!
Yummmm…looks Delicious ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
Thank you Shaheen! 💕
I’ve never had mulberry jam or mulberries. I would love to try! Such a lovely color too.
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.
This is awesome
It was and you can’t beat free fruit! Thank you! 💕
I’ve never tried mulberries, unfortunately. That’s some impressive staining, though! How long before it wears off?
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
All natural nail polish? 🙂
Good one! 🤣😂🤣
Wow, sounds easy! I’ve never seen mulberries. What a great concept….freezer jam!
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