Other than the following tradition, preserving food is one of the most effective ways to have summer food. You already know that. However, people often misunderstand the concept of boiling jars. Canning in a pressure cooker or water bath canning is not an easy task. In fact, we can find out the process of canning going over some research, yet we can be stuck into thinking about how long to boil jars for canning.
This idea of ours clarifies you about the boiling jars and its timing when canning. A plan without details is nothing but a ship without water. The details will allow you to do whatever you need to do to reach the pre-planned destination. Let’s dive into the details and go thoroughly to it.
Here’s a little concept about canning. It refers to preserving food in cans or jars where it remains the same even after passing many days, weeks or years. As you know, you can do canning mainly in two ways. One is canning in a pressure cooker and the other is a water bath canning process. Whatever methods you follow, you need to boil jars in order to can the foods. We are going to describe you step by step.
How long to boil jars for Water Bath Canning:
You know the drill about getting started on the water bath canning. Placing a rack in the bottom of a pot in order to keep the jars up to a high position of the bottom of the pan. It allows creating space for water to be around the jars as it prevents the rattling between the jars.
Then, adding water as long as it covers the jars at least one inch higher of the lids. After that, fill the jars according to your recipe. After that, close off the tops and rings following the alignment.
Now, turn up the heat, count the timing according to the recipe of yours. In general, the canning process is done in 10 minutes. The truth is it depends on the heat and the jars’ size, e.g., if the jars are 4-12 ounces, 10-12 minutes of heating would be enough, and if the jars are 16 ounces, then 15-18 minutes heating would be enough. It will take more than 20 minutes if the heat is not delivered correctly.
Wait for the water to be fully boiled up, only then will you turn off the heat and let the jars cool down. Usually, it takes 5-10 minutes. Later on these processes, you know the next procedures.
How long to boil jars for canning in a pressure cooker canner:
Canning in a pressure cooker is difficult in comparison to water bath canning. It needs monitoring and note for the timing of the steam going out of the pressure cooker.
Before dealing with the canning and getting ready for the heat, first you must check out the required pressure, processing time following the recipe, loading the jars. However, you heat up the burner and let it keep the water to boil. About 10-20 minutes will be enough for boiling water and the steam seems to have started coming out.
At that moment, you need to vent the steam out steadily for about 10 minutes. Instead of doing that, you can set it up on a timer which leads the steam to vent out of the cooker. You should let the canner cool on its own.
This is how you can do it by yourself following the procedures and of course, the recipes. A known tip for you- you must water bath canning to the foods that include high acid food. And, low acid food can be preserved by canning in a pressure cooker. Hope you will accomplish the canning and get the best result out of it.