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Berries - whole

Yield: 1 Recipe Black

Ingredients:

• 1-3/4 pounds per quart.

Instructions:

Quality: Choose ripe sweet berries with uniform color. Procedure: Wash 1 or 2 quarts of berries at a time. Drain cap and stem if necessary. For gooseberries snip off heads and tails with scissors. Prepare and boil preferred syrup if desired. Add 1/2 cup syrup juice or water to each clean jar. Hot pack -- For blueberries currants elderberries gooseberries and huckleberries. Heat berries in boiling water for 30 seconds and drain. Fill jars and cover with hot juice leaving 1/2-inch headspace. Raw pack -- Fill jars with any of the raw berries shaking down gently while filling. Cover with hot syrup juice or water leaving 1/2-inch headspace. Adjust lids and process. Processing directions for canning berries in a boiling-water a dial or a weighted-gauge canner are given in Table 1 Table 2 and Table 3. Table 1. Recommended process time for Berries Whole in a boiling-water canner. Style of Pack: Hot. Jar Size: Pints or Quarts. Process Time at Altitudes of 0 - 1 000 ft: 15 min. 1 001 - 3 000 ft: 20 min. 3 001 - 6 000 ft: 20 min. Above 6 000 ft: 25 min. Style of Pack: Raw. Jar Size: Pints. Process Time at Altitudes of 0 - 1 000 ft: 15 min. 1 001 - 3 000 ft: 20 min. 3 001 - 6 000 ft: 20 min. Above 6 000 ft: 25 min. Style of Pack: Raw. Jar Size: Quarts. Process Time at Altitudes of 0 ~ 1 000 ft: 20 min. 1 001 - 3 000 ft: 25 min. 3 001 - 6 000 ft: 30 min. Above 6 000 ft: 35 min. Table 2. Process Times Berries Whole in a Dial-Gauge Pressure Canner. Style of Pack: Hot. Jar Size: Pints or Quarts. Process Time: 8 min. Canner Pressure (PSI) at Altitudes of 0 - 2 000 ft: 6 lb. 2 001 - 4 000 ft: 7 lb. 4 001 - 6 000 ft: 8 lb. 6 001 - 8 000 ft: 9 lb. Style of Pack: Raw. Jar Size: Pints Quarts. Process Time: 8 min (for pints) 10 min (for quarts). Canner Pressure (PSI) at Altitudes of 0 - 2 000 ft: 6 lb. 2 001 - 4 000 ft: 7 lb. 4 001 - 6 000 ft: 8 lb. 6 001 - 8 000 ft: 9 lb. Table 3. Process Times for Berries Whole in a Weighted-Gauge Pressure Canner. Style of Pack: Hot. Jar Size: Pints. Process Time: 8 min. Canner Pressure (PSI) at Altitudes of 0 - 1 000 ft: 5 lb. Above 1 000 ft: 10 lb. Style of Pack: Raw. Jar Size: Pints Quarts. Process Time: 8 min for Pints 10 min for Quarts. Canner Pressure (PSI) at Altitudes of 0 - 1 000 ft: 5 lb. Above 1 000 ft: 10 lb. ======================================================= ===== * USDA Agriculture Information Bulletin No. 539 (rev. 1994) * Meal-Master format courtesy of Karen Mintzias

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