Raspberry and Blueberry Jam with Scotch Whisky

I love jam making and this raspberry and blueberry jam with Scotch whisky is one that is packed with flavour and has just that little kick of booze to help it on it’s way. Of course the whisky is optional and you can just make delicious raspberry and blueberry jam.

Anyone who reads this blog will know I’m a bit of a jam maker and will haul together almost any ingredients to put up preserves when the mood takes me. Sometimes it is a case of using up what’s in the fruit bowl and fridge that fires my preserving. But sometimes it is a case of needs must, this raspberry and blueberry jam is such a case…..

The need in this case was using up everything in the little chest freezer in the shed that was dying. I found frozen raspberries and blueberries and thought I’d use them up in this raspberry and blueberry jam recipe.

Boozeberry Jam

As you’ll already be aware, I do rather like adding booze to my jam recipes. Actually I add booze to rather a lot of other recipes too. Maybe that’s saying a bit too much about me.

Anyways this raspberry and blueberry jam could really be renamed boozeberry jam due to the addition of good old Scotch whisky.

Ingredients for blueberry and raspberry jam

My raspberry and blueberry jam has only 6 ingredients and is super simple to make.

The berries – raspberries and blueberries either fresh or frozen are just fine.

Sugar – white sugar please. Using any brown sugar will have too rich a caramel-like flavour which would overpower the raspberries and blueberries.

Lemon – zest and juice here, this helps your raspberry and blueberry jam to set and adds some zing to the flavour.

Flavour – A wee bit of ground black pepper helps to bring out the flavour of the berries and of course that all-important whisky!

The complete list of ingredients and full instructions for making this recipe can be found on the printable recipe card at the bottom of this post.

How to make this raspberry and blueberry jam

This is a super easy jam to make. It is just a case of boiling up your raspberries and blueberries with sugar, the lemon juice and zest and then adding in the extra flavourings of black pepper and Scotch whisky.

French jam making

I like to use the French method of letting the fruit and sugar macerate for at least a couple of hours, or better still overnight.

This lets the sugar draw out the juice in the berries and makes for an even better tasting jam. This is of course optional, you can just chuck the berries into your pan with the sugar and off you go

The whisky comes into play at the last minute before you pop on the lids. Don’t have any whisky? Then try bourbon, rum or gin instead. Any booze will do!

How long will this jam keep?

This raspberry and blueberry jam will keep for up to a year unopened in a cool cupboard . Once opened store in the fridge and use up within about a month.

How to serve this tasty jam

Try my raspberry and blueberry jam with Scotch whisky on toast (come on what an excuse for a tipple in the morning!), as I’ve shown here in a scone with whipped cream for the perfect cream tea.

Use it as a layer in a Victoria sponge cake and also as a dessert topping.

Just water it down with a wee bit more whisky and serve this on top of some really good quality vanilla ice-cream as a super quick and easy pud for a supper party.

So here’s to boozeberry jam, Cheers!

Looking for more fun and creative jam ideas? Then check these out;

Strawberry sage and red wine jam

Spiced pear and chocolate jam

Apricot and lavender jam

Raspberry and chocolate jam

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