Ozark Blueberry Jam

Preparation info
  • Makes

    four to five

    ½ pint jars
    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
The Glory of Southern Cooking

By James Villas

Published 2007

  • About

Both wild low-bush blueberries (and strawberries) and wild honey can still be found in the hill country of Arkansas’s Ozarks, and when these two ingredients are simmered together with water and a little lemon juice, the result is one of the most blissful jams ever conceived. (Look for the small jars in the food and tourist shops of both Little Rock and the Ozark resort towns.) The fat, cultivated high-bush blueberries of North Carolina, which are legendary in the South, also make delicious