Try something new- Josta Berry Jam

 Josta berries are a cross between gooseberries and black currants.  They start out looking like a gooseberry and, by the time they are fully ripe, they look like a black currant.  This fruit is full of pectin and will gel quite readily.  

Lucky for me, I have quite a few bushes of Josta berries in my garden.  Pick in the morning and jam in the afternoon- nice…

This recipe is from Mother Earth News.  

For approximately three 250-ml jars.

Ingredients

4 cups    josta berries, stemmed

2-4 cups granulated sugar

1/4 cup   Lime juice

Directions

Wash and stem the Josta berries and bring to a simmer in a large pot with 1/4 cup of lime juice.  After the berries begin to release their juice, add the sugar and cook for a few minutes before tasting to check for sweetness.  Add more sugar if needed and continue to cook until the jam gels on a cold place or until a thermometer reads 220 degrees

Pour into hot jars leaving 1/2 inch head space, wipe rims and place flat lids and rings onto the jars.  Place in a steam canner for 10 minutes.  At the end of the ten minutes, carefully remove the lid from the pot, turn off the heat and let the jars sit for approximately 15 minutes.  Then remove from the pot and let sit overnight.