Posts Tagged ‘Huckleberry jam’

This week’s recipe puts a new twist on huckleberry jam!!

Spiced Huckleberry Jam

2 quarts huckleberries
4 1/2 cups sugar
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1 teaspoon allspice
1 – 6 oz. bottle liquid pectin

Crush berries with sugar and spices.  Pour mixture into a large kettle and bring to a quick boil.  Boil 2 minutes and add pectin.  Skim jam and pour into hot sterilized pint jars.  Seal at once.

Makes 3 pints or 9 – 6 oz. jelly glasses.

4 1/2 cups huckleberries
1 bottle fruit pectin
7 cups sugar
1 lemon

Wash fruit thoroughly. Crush. Add lemon juice. Add grated rind of 1/2 lemon. Add sugar. Mix thoroughly. Heat rapidly to full rolling boil. Stir constantly before and while boiling. Boil hard 2 minutes. Remove from heat and stir in fruit pectin. Skim and pack in jars.

Recipe found at Just Berry Recipes where there are more huckleberry recipes listed!!

The following recipe is from The Huckleberry Book by ‘Asta Bowen.  This basic recipe makes an easy and delicious perserve that is more like pie filling than regulation jam!

4 cups huckleberries
1 cup sugar
4 tablespoons cornstarch

To prepare fruit: Sort, wash and remove any stems from fresh huckleberries.

To make jam: Measure fruit into a kettle, cover, bring to a boil and simmer for 10 minutes — stirring occasionally.  Add sugar and cornstarch and stir well.  Boil rapidly, stirring constantly, to 9 degrees over the boiling point of water, or until the mixture thickens.  Remove from heat and skim.  Fill and seal containers.  Process 5 minutes in boiling water bath.  Makes 6 or 7 half pint jars.

The Old Mill of Guilford and Huckleberry Jam
By shannon
I have such a craving for some huckleberry jam. The best huckleberry jam my taste buds have ever had the pleasure of meeting was the four dollar jar of jam from the Old Mill of Guilford in Oak Ridge. It’s made by some Amish family and …
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Huckleberry Pie | Moscow-Pullman Daily News Blogs
By Vera White
The postcard noted both Idaho and Montana celebrate huckleberries with festivals in its honor, and Idaho has even named it its state fruit. I appreciated the card from Louise, even though it has left me with a strong craving for the …
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E. Idaho distiller turns spuds into vodka
The Olympian – Olympia,WA,USA
Wyatt’s company distributes 44 Degrees North, which boasts three different vodkas under that label, including a huckleberry-flavored spirit that has become …

Picking or growing huckleberries is not for everyone!  If you would rather buy huckleberry products, here is a list of our favorite websites:

Tastes of Idaho lists NUMEROUS huckleberry products from companies located in Idaho.  You’ll find items such as the standard huckleberry jam and syrup, but also huckleberry bbq sauce, huckleberry chocolate bars, huckleberry honey, appleberry hucklebutter, huckleberry lemonade, huckleberry lip balm, huckleberry soap and lots and lots more!

Gem Berry Products are famous the their huckleberry and huckleberry/raspberry (razzleberry) products.  They also feature a beautiful line of gift boxes with various different products.

Gold Mountain Gourmet has a classy line of foil labeled products.  Their best sellers are huckleberry almond granola and 8 oz. huckleberry coffee in regular, decaf or whole bean varieties!

Idaho (or BackCountry) Redneck is a great line of products if you are looking for a humorous label.  This site features several assorted huckleberry products along with a line of non-huckleberry sauces.

If you are a reseller, own your own store, gift basket company or website, and would like to offer huckleberry products, visit our wholesale website:  Idaho Gifts Wholesale.

If you are a cafe, restaurant, caterer or food service establishment, visit WildBeary Huckleberry Products for a complete line of commercial sized huckleberry products

When people thinks of wild huckleberry gourmet goodies, the first product that comes to mind is huckleberry jam — the most widely treasured and sought after of wild huckleberry foods… right after huckleberry pie (with vanilla ice cream) of course!’

One of the very first, if not THE first specialty food company selling huckleberry jam, is Gem Berry Products of Sandpoint, Idaho. Harry and Jack, both in their 70′s, are still having fun with their business after more than a quarter century!

Their wild huckleberry jam page includes two sizes of jam, which Jack claims is “still the best” on the market. They also offer a huckleberry-raspberry jam (to die for!!), and a sugar-free huckleberry spread or preserve, sweetened with lycasin (derived from corn), among the most widely respected of the growing army of artificial sweeteners on the planet. I’ve heard retail store owners call this “the best huckleberry jam on the market… no sugar added or not!”

And Gem Berry labels are among the most colorful and beautiful in the huckleberry gourmet food industry.

Perhaps the most fun huckleberry jam, is the Huckleberry Toe Jam from Idaho Redneck, “hand picked from between the delicate digits of barefoot rednecks, after traversing the mountain wilds of Idaho!”. Previously available just in 4.9 ounce, Toe Jam now comes in a honkin’ 11 ounce jar as well! One gooey jar will amply cover an entire cheesecake!

I’ve heard people comment that this product is a joke, and not to be eaten! But Idaho Redneck Huckleberry Toe Jam is a true gourmet delight, manufactured in Idaho in a commercial kitchen. This label verbiage puts a smile on your face… the tasty jam is just a bonus! (PS Great holiday stocking stuffer!!… Add some massage oil and a bar of pine scent soap and you have a great “foot care” gift basket!)

A more elegant jam offering comes from Gold Mountain Gourmet wild huckleberry products. Beautiful foil labels, give this sweet, tangy product a touch of class. Many Gold Mountain products use a combination of gold and purple foils, on an ivory label. However, Gold Mountain Wild Huckleberry Jam is showcased with a spectacular black matte label with gold foil. And unlike many huckleberry jam products… this one offers a complete blend of lime, lemon, and white grape juices to add just a special taste of something to the tartness of wild huckleberries. Also available in two sizes.

A wide variety of other companies make wild huckleberry jam of course. And some of these, including WildBeary huckleberry products, are available at Tastes of Idaho Gourmet Gifts. WildBeary uses lemon, lime, and APPLE juice in their recipe, and also offers a very attractive label. Oh, and if you want stocking stuffers, or want to put a lot of little items in a gift basket, they make the SMALLEST huckleberry jam on the market, at two ounces!

So which one is a best? Boy, I would like to be a judge at that competition. They are all spectacular products. Adding sugar to huckleberries, with a little lemon or lime juice… you just get something wonderful. A taste hard to describe, but hard to resist at the same time.

Each subtle nuance from each different recipe, just gives you another reason to LOVE HUCKLEBERRIES!