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Home Canning Ham Gravy with Recipe

Home Canning Ham Gravy with Recipe

Once a week I make a batch of homemade gravy for my family to enjoy. We like gravy over mashed potatoes, homemade waffles, drizzled across the meat of our main dish, etc. We enjoy beef, chicken, turkey and ham gravies. We don’t purchase it in 

Homemade Turkey Soup Recipe with Home Canning Tips

Homemade Turkey Soup Recipe with Home Canning Tips

Two or three times a year I’ll roast a whole turkey for the family to enjoy. Once our meal is over…I like to use the leftover turkey meat to make a big pot of homemade turkey soup. Once you have the soup base made you 

Pork and Sauerkraut Recipe for Home Canning

Pork and Sauerkraut Recipe for Home Canning

Pork and Sauerkraut Recipe for Home CanningI like to make a large batch of pork and sauerkraut in my slow cooker (crockpot) a few times every year. Once it’s done…my husband and I will have some for dinner that day. What’s leftover…I can in my pressure cooker for a later meal. Since there’s meat in this…I do recommend that you use a pressure cooker canner, although some people will water bath it for double the amount of processing time.

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The processing times are for the brand/style of pressure cooker that I personally use. Your brand made differ, so follow the manual/instructions that came with yours on proper processing times! I used pint-sized glass mason jars with the recipe. You can find over 100 home canning recipes right here on the TCC blog.

Supplies Needed: Pressure Cooker (for canning), basic canning supplies, glass mason jars, clean cotton towels and cloths,

Prepare the canner – Mine requires 2″ of hot simmering water to be places in the bottom of it. I place the seals into a small saucepan with simmering hot water and my glass mason jars are in the oven set at 170″ degrees F. I lay out all of the accessories that I’ll need like the lid lifter, jar grabber, air bubble remover, wide mouth funnel, ladel, towels, etc.

Heat-up the leftover pork and sauerkraut so that it’s bubbling hot, but not at a full rolling boil. I then turn it down to a low simmer while I’m filling up the glass mason jars. Fill each jar leaving a 1″ headspace. Remove air bubbles. Wipe the rim clean, add the hot seal and screw-on the band until it’s fingertip tight.

Place the jar into the canner. Continue filling up the jars (as explained above) until all are filled and in the pressure canner. Close the lid. Turn the heat up to medium-high. Vent the steam for 10 full minutes, then close the vent. You need to process the jars at 10 lbs. of pressure for 60 minutes (pint size jars). Once done…turn off the heat. Let the pressure cooker cool down all on it’s own until it reaches ZERO pressure. Unlock the lid.

Carefully remove the hot jars. Place a dry cotton towel on your counter top to place the jars on. Let them sit for 12 hours untouched! After 12 hours check the jars to make sure they all sealed correctly. If not, refrigerate any jars that didn’t seal. The other ones can be safely stored in your pantry for later use.

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Pasta Sauce with Ground Turkey Recipe with Home Canning Instructions

Pasta Sauce with Ground Turkey Recipe with Home Canning Instructions

Last month I decided to get the 2 bags of frozen whole tomatoes out of my freezer and cook them down to make pasta sauce. In case you didn’t know…YES, you can freeze tomatoes from your backyard garden! I cut the stem out, rinse them 

Tropical Cowboy Candy Recipe with Home Canning Tips

Tropical Cowboy Candy Recipe with Home Canning Tips

Tropical Cowboy Candy is a homemade condiment for people who love hot peppers with just a little bit of sweetness. It’s great tossed on top of your favorite burger, onto a grilled hot dog, tossed into a fajita or burrito, as a topper on nachos, 

Ham and Bean Soup Recipe with Home Canning Tips

Ham and Bean Soup Recipe with Home Canning Tips

Ham and Bean Soup is a classic belly-filling soup that can be made on the stove-top or in your slow cooker crockpot. I like to make a huge kettle of it on the stovetop and can it for later use. For this home canning recipe you’ll need a steam pressure canner along with your basic home canning supplies. It will make 5-6 quart-size jars. If you’re not into canning, you can let it cool to room temperature and freeze it for later use.

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Canning Tips: Get all of your canning supplies out ahead of time. Wash jars, seals and rings. Inspect all of your glass mason jars for chips and cracks. Toss any inferior jars. You can season the soup any way that you like…below is just the classic recipe. If you want to fully cook the soup (allow for 35-45 minutes of time…cool to room temperature and then freeze in freezer safe containers or eat. When it comes to canning with a steam pressure canner you don’t want to fully cook the soup. Just get it nice and hot following the instructions below.

Ham and Bean Soup Recipe with Home Canning Tips

Classic Ham and Bean Soup Recipe

3-4 cups cooked and cubed ham
8-10 cups of canned Northern Beans
4-5 large white potatoes, peeled and cubed
2-3 carrots, sliced thin
1/4 cup onion, finely chopped
1/2 to 1 tsp. ground black pepper
2-3 Tbsp. parsley flakes
4 cups of ham broth or ham concentrate

GOYA Ham Flavored Concentrate Bouillion

Note: I like to use the Goya Ham Flavored Concentrate that I purchase from Amazon. Follow the instructions on the box to make 4 cups of ham broth. This has been the best ham bouillion that I’ve found so far.

Use a large stock pot for this recipe. First pour in the ham broth. Then add-in the cooked and cubed ham. Follow the recipe listed above adding in all of the ingredients that are listed. The stove burner should be set on medium to medium high. Stir the soup after each addition.

Get everything to a simmer and simmer for 8-10 minutes over medium to medium-high heat. It shouldn’t be at a full boil…just simmering hot.

Ladel the soup into your prepared mason jars. You’ll want to use glass quart-sized mason jars made for home canning. Leave a 1″ headspace at the top. Make sure you remove any air bubbles or air pockets when you’re filling up the jars. Wipe the rim with a clean cloth. Add the seal and then screw-on the metal ring until it’s fingertip tight.

If you run out of broth you can quickly make another batch of broth using a packet of the Goya Ham Flavored Concentrate. It takes less than 5 minutes to make. If you think you’ve added too much of a ham flavor you can water things down by adding hot water. Everyone has their own taste-buds!

Your pressure steam canner needs to have at least 2″ of simmering water in the bottom of it. Place the jars into the canner following the directions that came with the canner. Place the lid on top. You need to bring the pressure up to 10 lbs. Once you have reached the 10 lbs. you need to process the jars for 90 minutes. Set a timer!!! Turn off the heat and let the pressure naturally return down to 0. Once it hits 0 set a timer for 10 minutes before you remove the lid. You never want to remove the lid before that time.

Lay a dry kitchen towel out onto your counter. Carefully remove the hot jars from the canner and place onto the towel. Let them cool naturally (no drafts) until they reach room temperature. It will take a few hours. Once cool you want to check all of your seals to make sure each jar sealed. If not, place that jar into the refrigerator and eat it within 2-3 days. Label all of your jars with the contents and date that it was made. Store in a cool, dry place.

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Home Canning Chocolate Pudding with Recipe

Home Canning Chocolate Pudding with Recipe

Homemade chocolate pudding is one of my family’s go-to snacks. Not only do they snack on it…often times it’s the dessert to a quickly-served meal. We don’t purchase or use boxed mixes or buy those pudding snack cups. We make all of our puddings from 

Zucchini Pineapple Banana Bread Recipe Baked in Glass Mason Jars

Zucchini Pineapple Banana Bread Recipe Baked in Glass Mason Jars

Banana bread is one of my favorite sweet breads to make at home. It’s always a family favorite. With that said, I found a way to sneak in some healthier ingredients like freshly shredded zucchini and crushed pineapple to the batter to make it even