Blueberry Pie Filling

[Jori]

Blueberry Pie Filling (USDA Complete Guide to Home Canning)

 

1 Quart 7 Quarts

Blueberries, fresh or thawed 3 1/2 cups 6 quarts

Granulated sugar 3/4 cup + 2T 6 cups

Clear Jel 1/4 cup + 1T 2 1/4 cups

Cold water 1 cup 7 cups

Bottled lemon juice 3 1/2 t 1/2 cup

Blue food coloring (optional) 3 drops 20 drops

Red food coloring (optional) 1 drop 7 drops

 

Wash & drain fresh blueberries. For fresh fruit, place 6 cups at a time in 1 gallon of boiling water. Boil each batch 1 minute after the water returns to a boil. Drain but keep heated fruit in a covered bowl or pot. Combine sugar and Clear Jel in a large kettle. Stir. Add water and, if desired, food coloring. Cook on medium high heat until mixture thickens & begins to bubble. Add lemon juice and boil 1 minute, stirring constantly. Fold in drained berries immediately and fill jars with mixture without delay, leaving 1 inch headspace. Adjust lids and process immediately in water bath canner.

 

Recommended process time for blueberry Pie Filling in a WBC:

Hot pack

Pints or Quarts

 

0-1000 ft 30 minutes

1001-3000 ft 35 minutes

3001-6000 ft 40 minutes

Above 6000 ft 45 minutes

 

 

My question, where can you find clear jel? Can you use Sure Gel, if you can't find it?

[indy gal preps]

I bought some at the Amish outlet store in northern Indiana.

[Canned Nerd]

I get mine in 2# packages from eBay sellers that deal with the Amish who make it. Its also available on many places on the Internet when you do a search. Not very common in local stores, but Whole Foods and health food store may carry smaller quantities.

 

There are two types, regular and instant, which cannot be interchanged. I keep both on hand.

 

[Violet]

No one has answered your question about Sure jel. No, it is pectin, it is for jam. Not at all the same thing.

Clear Jel is a special modified cornstarch, safe for home canning of pie fillings. No other thickener is safe to use in pie fillings canned at home.

You order it online. I got some from www.barryfarm.com .

Also, a few extension offices sell it. Wilco here has it, which is a feed type store. A few cake decor stores have it , too.

Yes, the Amish stores normally will have it, as well. I don't live near anything like that.

 

[Jori]

Thanks for all of the help! I kind of figured out it was a thickening substitute (flour, etc) just from what we had found on the internet. But that's all I could figure out. MIL thought it would be okay to use sure gel or flour. I knew the flour was a no but wanted to check about the sure gel.

 

Indy - we have an Amish outlet up here???? WHERE???? I'm in the NW corner of the state.

 

Thanks again for all of the help.

[indy gal preps]

The Amish outlet store is in Shipshewanna In. Its just south of town on the east side of the street-just a little ways down from Yoders on the west side.

[Jori]

The Amish outlet store is in Shipshewanna In. Its just south of town on the east side of the street-just a little ways down from Yoders on the west side.

 

 

Thanks! Wonderful! I feel a trip coming on.