Concord Grape Jam

Total Time: 55 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 45 mins

Ingredients

• 3 lbs concord grapes
• 1 1/2 cups mild flavored honey

Recipe

• 1 wash and stem grapes.
• 2 place in a large stainless or enamel pot.
• 3 with a potato masher or wooden spoon mash grapes.
• 4 bring to a gentle boil and reduce heat to an "active" simmer.
• 5 simmer 10 minutes-you want to be able to crush the center of grapes easily with a wooden spoon-no bouncing back.
• 6 run the grapes through a food mill to remove seeds.
• 7 return pulp to the saucepan.
• 8 bring to a boil and stir in honey.
• 9 stir often to prevent scorching.
• 10 after about 10 minutes you should not be able to stir down the boil.
• 11 test for gel point.
• 12 jelly/puree will begin to darken and thicken up.
• 13 this should take around 15 to 20 minutes from the boil point, but alot depends on the amount of juice your grapes are holding-you could go up to 35 minutes.
• 14 ladle into clean hot sterile jars leaving 1/4 inch head space, and seal.
• 15 process in a boiling water bath for 10 minutes.