The Best Blueberry Freezer Jam - No Pectin

This is the Best Blueberry Freezer Jam recipe for taste and preservance! Because this jam isn’t cooked, it retains the fresh blueberry taste that traditional jams may lose.

With only 4 simple ingredients, and 10 minutes to prepare, this recipe is perfect for beginners. Preserve your harvest for year(s) in the freezer with this easy Blueberry Freezer Jam!

Can Frozen Blueberries Be Used For Jam?

Yes, frozen blueberries can be used to make freezer jam! Just thaw your blueberries on the kitchen counter and reserve juices for blending.

Blueberry Freezer Jam With Frozen Berries:

After berries are thawed, proceed with recipe below! Make sure to pour blueberry juices into blender with thawed blueberries, and lemon juice. Blend blueberries and lemon juice to desired consistency. Then add the Ultra Gel and sugar (or honey, maple syrup, erythritol or stevia sweetener) and blend till well incorporated. Pour into Freezer safe jars or BPA free plastic containers.

I prefer glass jars, but you can also use plastic containers to freeze blueberry freezer jam. Smaller, sturdy plastic container with a tight fitting lids work best. I prefer containers that are BPA free, like these BPA free small containers!

What's The Difference Between Freezer Jam and Regular Jam?

Traditional jams (regular jam) are made with more sugar than fruit, and cooked down with pectin till thickened. Then jam is processed AGAIN in a water bath canner to preserve.

Freezer Jams are made with RAW (never cooked) Fruit, and very little sugar (or none at all, because it's not needed for thickening.) Freezer jam is preserved in the freezer instead of canning. Plus, freezer jams maintain the fresh taste of fruit since they aren’t exposed to the heat of traditional cooking.

Hence, Freezer Jam is BETTER than regular jam for 3 BIG reasons:

• Fresh Flavor - Freezer jams taste closer to fresh fruit since they're not cooked like regular jams.
• Lower Sugar - Freezer Jam is much LOWER in SUGAR than regular jam.
• Taste - Freezer Jams TASTE like FRESH FRUIT! (Because they are mostly fruit in their raw form!)

Can Any Jam Be Freezer Jam?

No, not any jam canbe freezer jam. You could freeze regular jam, and call it freezer jam, but it wouldn't be the same.

Freezer jam is made with raw fruit and is not not cooked. Furthermore, the entire process and ingredients for freezer jam are completely different than for other jams.

What Are The Best Containers For Freezer Jam?

I've been making freezer jam for 20 years now.... (Time flies!) In my opinion, small freezer safe jars are the best for freezer jam. They're tempered to withstand the freezing temps, and they don't leak chemicals or anything like that into your food! So, for health reasons, and visual appeal (they look the best), I always use Freezer safe mason jars.

However, many people use plastic containers to store freezer jam! A small sturdy plastic container with a tight fitting lid, or small ziplock freezer bags stacked flat on top of each other, will work. However, I recommend containers that are BPA free, like BPA free small containers!

How Do I Make My Freezer Jam Thicker?

You can adjust the thickness of freezer jam by adding ¼ a cup of Ultra Gel or EZ Gel at a time. and blend well. Wait two minutes and stir freezer jam to check thickness, because Ultra Gel takes a couple minutes to thicken.

Repeat process till you achieve desired thickness.

How To Make Blueberry FREEZER JAM Without Pectin

1. Pour 6 cups of blueberries to your blender. Add ½ cup of lemon juice or citric acid, and ⅓ cup sugar or erythritol, and Blend till you get it as smooth as you like.

2. Pour your mixture into a mixing bowl and add the Ultra Gel or EZ Gel. Whisk together till well incorporated and there are no lumps. FOR EXTRA SMOOTH Blueberry freezer jam, blend with Ultra Gel on puree in the blender.

3. Let your freezer jam rest at this point for 2-5 minutes to set up.

4. Spoon Blueberry freezer jam into freezer safe jelly jars or BPA free plastic containers. Make sure to leave at least a ½ inch head space for expansion. Blueberry Freezer Jam expands when it freezes and jars will break if filled all the way.

Freeze for 1-2 years. (After two years it still tastes very good but may have a little discoloration.)

Keep thawed freezer jam in the refrigerator for two weeks… It won’t last that long!

Lemon Juice

Lemon juice is a super important ingredient in Blueberry Freezer Jam! It adds a tang of flavor and helps maintain the color of the blueberries!

You can substitute lemon juice with the same amount of LIME juice, or a couple teaspoons of citric acid powder.

THICKENER: ULTRA GEL

Ultra Gel is just a modified food starch made from potato or corn starch! The makers of Ultra Gel use an enzyme to change (modify) starch in corn or potatoes so that you don’t have to cook it to thicken!

Ultra Gel thickens any liquid whether it’s hot or cold. It's a GREAT thickener to keep on hand, and it’s wonderful for raw jams, like this blueberry freezer jam recipe!

The Best Jam Because:

1. This jam is made from real blueberries, offering an authentic berry flavor in every spoonful.
2. BEST of all… Blueberry freezer jam is delicious!

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Blueberry Freezer Jam With HONEY

You do not have to use sugar in this blueberry freezer jam recipe! You can make Blueberry Freezer Jam with honey by simply substituting the sugar with honey! However, honey is a bit sweeter than sugar, so add to taste. You will also need to increase Ultra Gel by one tablespoon.

PECTIN OR NOT

Most fruit jams are commercial pectin jam recipes. The one thing I don’t like about using pectin, even the newer freezer jam pectin, is that you need to use at least 4 cups of sugar. That is too much sugar for me! I like my freezer jam to be made with mostly fresh fruit and a little bit of sugar, not the other way around.

The thing I love most about this blueberry freezer jam recipe is that it's more fruit and less sugar, and fresher, than classic blueberry jam recipes. Not to mention that you don’t cook the fruit with freezer jam…. This recipe really capitalizes on all those virtues!

Ultra Gel is different… You don’t need lots of sugar or to cook it, because it thickens any liquid whether it’s hot or cold. This awesome thickener is a modified food starch that’s made from potato or corn starch. They treat potato or corn starch with enzymes so that it does not have to be cooked, or have added sugar, to thicken!

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