These Sweet Sour Pickled Blueberry Recipe that Will Blow Your Mind to a whole new way to embrace these plump, delicious, juicy handheld fruit in a sweet and sour kind of way.

Harvesting fruits right in our own backyard is something desired, liked and fun for us. Here is something for those who love to grow and pick blueberries and use them later for recipes.

We can either eat them ripe or preserve them by placing them in mason jars. Canning food is not as simple as it sounds and could turn into a challenge when it comes to find interesting new creative recipes. The art of canning involves prepping it correctly and following protocol that leads to theformal look and taste of what the dessert will be with these blueberries. There is detailed process in canning foods, but once that is conquered, we can move forward and make something good with our blueberries.

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This will produce 3 pints of blueberries. Get a canning pot, three pints of jars and lids, jar pincers, a stainless steel pan, a wooden spoon, ladle, a measuring cup, a peeler, knife, colander, and dishcloth.

For the ingredients, get three pounds of blueberries, 1.5 cups of apple cider vinegar, ¾ cup of water, 1.5 cups of sugar, and three inches of peeled ginger strips. Now, mix the sugar, water, and vinegar in the saucepan and boil. Then, put in the ginger strips, wait a moment, and then the blueberries for 5 minutes until the mix becomes purple. A funnel can help, but if not, carefully pour in the mix into one jar at a time with the spoon.

Leave enough room at the top to screw on the lid; use the ladle to get rid of any air bubbles that is in the mix. Clean the top off and put the jars in the pot filled with hot water for 10 minutes. Use the pincers to remove the jars on the cloth and let it sit in for one day to cool down. After they have cooled, they can placed in the fridge.

Blueberries are a good source of vitamin K. They also contain vitamin C, fibre, manganese and other antioxidants (notably anthocyanins). Valued for its high levels of antioxidants, some nutritionists believe that if you make only one change to your diet, it should be to add blueberries.

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