Blueberry Lemonade Concentrate Canning Recipe
This blueberry lemonade concentrate canning recipe is such an easy way to have a refreshing fruity drink ready to go at any time. Who doesn’t love blueberries and lemonade! Canning this concentrate allows you to have this delicious summer drink ready to make even during the cold days of winter!
This takes just 3 ingredients and you can have this refreshing lemonade with the wonderful taste of blueberries at a moment’s notice. Plus blueberries are so good for you! My recipe calls for less sugar than most of the same recipes, so much healthier, but you can adjust the sugar to your preference.
This blueberry lemonade is the perfect summer drink for BBQs, picnics, poolside parties and more! Easy to make and so incredibly refreshing!
Lemonade is delicious on it’s own but the addition of sweet blueberries makes this flavored lemonade something special for sure.
Ingredients for Blueberry Lemonade Concentrate
- 6 cups of blueberries
- 4 cups of Lemon Juice (fresh or bottled)
- 4 to 6 cups Sugar
- Note: The original Ball recipe calls for 6 cups of sugar.
- This concentrate is added to 1 to 3 parts water depending again on your taste. I used 3 parts water.
Detailed Steps for Making Blueberry Lemonade Concentrate for Canning
The first step to make the blueberry lemonade concentrate for canning is to rinse the blueberries.
Puree the blueberries in a blender or food processor and puree until the berries are liquified. Add the liquid blueberries, lemon juice and sugar to a pot and gently heat it to around 190 degrees, but do not boil. Stir and make sure the sugar is dissolved.
Ladle the hot blueberry lemonade mix to pint jars, leaving 1/4 inch headspace. Remove air bubbles, wipe the rims and place lids on the jars. Add the filled hot mason jars to the boiling water bath canner with a jar lifter.
Process jars at a full rolling boil for 15 minutes.
I use the Ball electric water bath canner for water bath canning and love it.
Remove the hot jars from the boiling water bath with a jar lifter and place jars on a dish towel on the counter. Do not disturb for 24 hours.
Enjoy
Enjoy this delicious refreshing blueberry lemonade! It is delicious and blueberries are so good for you! Add it over ice and serve!
Try my other lemonade/limeade concentrate canning recipes.
Each pint of concentrate will make half a gallon of blueberry lemonade. Just add 1 pint of home-canned concentrate to 3 pints water and serve over ice. The amount of water is subject to taste, you can add less water. I did like it with 3 pints of water.
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Blueberry Lemonade Concentrate Recipe
This blueberry lemonade concentrate canning recipe is such an easy way to have a refreshing drink ready to go at any time. Who doesn't love blueberries and lemonade! This takes just 3 ingredients, and a little work, you can have this refreshing lemonade with the wonderful taste of blueberries at a moment's notice.
Ingredients
- 6 cups of blueberries
- 4 cups of Lemon Juice (fresh or bottled)
- 4 to 6 cups Sugar
- This concentrate is added to 1 to 3 parts water depending again on your taste. I used 3 parts water.
Instructions
- Rinse the blueberries.
- Puree the blueberries in a blender or food processor and puree until the berries are liquified.
- Add the liquid blueberries, lemon juice, and sugar to a pan and gently heat it to around 190 degrees, but do not boil. Stir and make sure the sugar is dissolved.
- Add the hot blueberry lemonade mix to pint jars, leaving 1/4 inch headspace.
- Remove air bubbles, wipe the rims and place lids on the jars. Add the filled hot mason jars to the boiling water bath canner with a jar lifter.
- Process jars at a full rolling boil for 15 minutes.
- Remove jars and do not disturb for 24 hours.
This concentrate is added to 1 to 3 parts water depending again on your taste. I used 3 parts water.
Notes
The original Ball recipe calls for 6 cups of sugar. Try my other lemonade/limeade concentrate canning recipes.
I made this and it is delicious! I did strain some of the bluberry pulp and seeds. With that, I got 4 pints and one half-pint. These will make great gifts!
That is great! Thanks so much for the comment. I think they do make great gifts. I also have Strawberry and Watermelon lemonade recipes and Cherry limeade on my website. Basically the same recipe. Thanks again!
Just a note. 3 pints of concentrate and 3 pints water makes half gallon, not a gallon. It sounds good.
Thank you! Dumb mistake on my part. Thanks so much for pointing it out, I changed it.
Would you be able to freeze this, like say in ice cube trays? That way, I could use at my convenience.
Yes, I think that would work good. Sounds like a good idea.