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Default Mixed berry jam... w/ cherries?

In article >,
"Giusi" > wrote:

> "lavachickie" > ha scritto nel messaggio
> ...
> > My freezer still holds berries from last year, and now I'm wanting to
> > buy fresh berries. My rule is I cannot do so until the frozen ones are
> > gone. haha! I have some raspberries, blackberries and blueberries and
> > I've found many a mixed jam recipe that can accommodate all those.
> >
> > However, I have some cherries...
> >
> > My jam making experince is limited, but I've been very successful with
> > low sugar blackberry recipes and want to get a bit creative. I'm
> > wondering if the cherries aren't sufficiently different in chemical
> > makeup, though, to throw a wrench into the mix. Would I be better off
> > just making a mixed berry AND a cherry jam, separately, or is there a
> > way to throw these all in together?
> >
> > Amy

>
> Just do it. You may need a bit of lemon juice to balance the all-sweet.



She'll need the lemon juice to bump the acidity if she involves the
blues.
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