Best 7 Grape Jam Recipes

CONCORD GRAPE JAM

Steps:

• Sterilize jars:
• Wash jars, lids, and screw bands in hot, soapy water, then rinse well. Dry screw bands. Put jars on a rack in canner or deep pot and add enough water to cover by 2 inches. Bring to a boil, covered, then boil for 10 minutes. Remove from heat, leaving jars in water. Heat lids in water to cover by 2 inches in a small saucepan until thermometer registers 180°F (do not let boil). Remove from heat, leaving lids in water. Keep the jars and lids submerged in hot water, covered, until ready to use.
• Cook jam:
• Chill 2 small plates (for testing jam).
• Slip skins from grapes and purée skins with 1 cup sugar in a food processor, then transfer to a 4- to 6-quart wide heavy pot. Stir in lemon juice, peeled grapes, and remaining 4 cups sugar and boil over moderate heat, stirring frequently and skimming foam, until pulp is broken down, about 20 minutes. Force jam through food mill set over a large bowl. Discard remaining solids. Return jam to pot and cook at a slow boil, skimming foam occasionally and stirring frequently as mixture thickens to prevent scorching, 35 minutes, then test for doneness.
• To test jam, remove from heat, then drop a teaspoonful on a chilled plate and chill 1 minute. Tilt plate: Jam should remain in a mound and not run. If jam runs, continue cooking at a slow boil, testing every 5 minutes, until done, up to 25 minutes more.
• Seal, process, and store jars:
• Drain jars upside down on a clean kitchen towel 1 minute, then invert. Ladle jam into jars, leaving 1/4 inch of space at top. Wipe off rims of filled jars with a clean damp kitchen towel, then top with lids and firmly screw on screw bands. Put sealed jars on rack in canner or pot and add enough water to cover by 2 inches. Bring to a boil, covered, then boil 10 minutes. With tongs, transfer jars to a towel-lined surface to cool.
• Jars will seal; if you hear a ping, it signals that vacuum formed at the top of cooling preserves has made lid concave. Remember that you may or may not be around to hear that ping (some jars make the sound after you remove them from water, and others in same batch may take a few hours); the important thing is for jars to eventually have concave lids. Preserves will thicken as they cool.
• After jars have cooled 12 to 24 hours, press center of each lid to check that it's concave, then remove screw band and try to lift off lid with your fingertips. If you can't, lid has a good seal. Replace screw band. Put any jars that haven't sealed properly in the refrigerator and use them first.

GRAPE FREEZER JAM

Steps:

• Measure fruit into large bowl.
• Measure sugar into medium bowl.
• Stir sugar into fruit.
• Set aside for 10 minutes.
• Stir occasionally.
• Stir Sure Jell into 3/4 cups water in small pan.
• Bring this mixture to a boil on high heat stirring constantly.
• Boil and stir for 1 minute.
• Remove from heat.
• Stir Sure Jell mixture into fruit.
• Stir constantly until sugar is completely dissolved and no longer grainy (about 3 minutes).
• Pour quickly into clean plastic containers to within 1/2 inch of tops.
• Wipe off top edges of containers.
• Cover with lids.
• Let stand to room temp.
• Then store in fridge for immediate use or Freezer for up to 1 year.
• Thaw in fridge.

GRAPE JAM

Steps:

• Remove the skins from the pulp and set them aside.
• Place grape pulp in stainless jelly pot with water.
• Bring to boil and simmer 5 minutes.
• Strain to remove the seeds.
• Chop the skins and add to the cooked pulp.
• Measure out 5 cups of the grape pulp mixture and return the pulp to jelly pot.
• Add sugar and butter.
• Heat on medium heat until sugar is melted, then adjust to high heat.
• Heat and stir to full rolling boil that will not stop.
• Add 1 pouch Certo and return to full rolling boil at high heat.
• Boil exactly one minute stirring constantly.
• Fill jars to 1/8 inch from the top.
• Seal with lids.
• Invert jars for 5 minutes.

CONCORD GRAPE ONION JAM

Steps:

• Immerse a jar with a tight fitting lid in simmering water until grape jam is ready. Wash lid in warm, soapy water.
• Place grapes in a saucepan and crush with a potato masher until they begin to release some juice. Cover and cook over low heat until grapes are very soft and can be easily crushed, about 10 minutes. Remove from heat and set aside to cool.
• Push grapes and all of the accumulated juice through a food mill or a fine mesh strainer. Extract as much pulp and juice as you can and return back to the saucepan. This should yield a generous 2 cups pulp. Discard leftover seeds.
• Add onion, brown sugar, and balsamic vinegar to grape pulp and mix until sugar has dissolved. Bring to a boil over medium-high heat, then reduce temperature to low and simmer, uncovered, stirring occasionally at the beginning and then more regularly to prevent scorching, until jam is thick, about 30 minutes. (Do not overcook--jam will thicken more as it cools.)
• Pour hot jam into the sterilized jar, seal tightly with the clean lid, and allow to cool. Store in the refrigerator and use within 2 weeks.

GRAPE HONEY JAM

Steps:

• Sterilize the jars and lids in boiling water for at least 5 minutes.
• Place grapes in a large wide pot and mash using a potato masher just enough to generate a small amount of juice. Turn heat to medium-low and cook until grapes can be easily crushed, about 10 minutes. Remove pot from heat.
• Place grapes in a food mill or a fine mesh strainer and press as much pulp and juice into a large bowl. Discard skins and seeds. You should have about 8 cups pulp and juice.
• Place several small plates in the freezer.
• Return grape pulp and juice to the pot and add honey, lemon juice, and butter; bring to a boil. Cook, stirring occasionally, until mixture begins to reduce and thicken, about 20 minutes. Place a small spoonful of jam in the center of a frozen plate; wait 10 seconds. Drag a finger slowly through the jam. If the jam forms wrinkles ahead of your moving finger, it is done. If it does not wrinkle, continue to boil and repeat the test at 5-minute intervals.
• Pack jam into hot, sterilized jars, filling to within 1/4 inch of the top. Run a clean knife or thin spatula around the insides of the jars after they have been filled to remove any air bubbles. Wipe the rims of the jars with a moist paper towel to remove any food residue. Top with lids and screw on rings.
• Place a rack in the bottom of a large stockpot and fill halfway with water. Bring to a boil and lower jars into the boiling water using a holder. Leave a 2-inch space between the jars. Pour in more boiling water if necessary to bring the water level to at least 1 inch above the tops of the jars. Bring the water to a rolling boil, cover the pot, and process for 10 minutes.
• Remove the jars from the stockpot and place onto a cloth-covered or wood surface, several inches apart, until cool. Press the top of each lid with a finger, ensuring that the seal is tight (lid does not move up or down at all). Store in a cool, dark area.

BLACK GRAPE & RHUBARB JAM

Steps:

• Process grapes in batches in a food processor until pureed. Transfer to a large saucepan. Place rhubarb in food processor; process until finely chopped., Add rhubarb, apple, ginger and lemon juice to grapes; cook and stir over medium heat 5 minutes. In a small bowl, whisk sugar, tapioca, cinnamon and allspice; stir into grape mixture. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; simmer, uncovered, 30-40 minutes or until mixture is thickened, stirring occasionally. Remove from heat., Carefully ladle hot mixture into four hot half-pint jars, leaving 1/4-in. headspace. Remove air bubbles and adjust headspace, if necessary, by adding hot mixture. Wipe rims. Center lids on jars; screw on bands until fingertip tight., Place jars into canner with simmering water, ensuring that they are completely covered with water. Bring to a boil; process for 10 minutes. Remove jars and cool.

GRAPE JUICE AND JAM

Steps:

• Wash the grapes and separate from stem.
• Boil the grapes in just enough water to cover without stirring until grapes are cooked (skins split open and the grapes collapse)
• water should be pink.
• Remove from heat and filter the juice in a seive carefully without crushing the fruit. (If you crush the fruit, the juice will not be clear).
• FOR JUICE- Take the filtered pink water and add 1 Kg sugar and 1 tsp citric acid.
• Boil for 1 min only, remove from heat immediately and bottle.
• FOR JAM- if seedless grapes, put in a blender and make a puree, if seeds are present, rub through a seive to remove the seeds.
• Take the pulp, add1Kg sugar and 1 tsp citric acid. Boil till sheeting occurs on high heat.
• Bottle.