Instant Pot Raspberry Jam: It doesn’t get any easier than this sweet Instant Pot jam, and you are only 6 ingredients and about 20 minutes away from a homemade jam that you’ll want to put on everything!
We use our Instant Pot all the time and have a long list of Instant Pot recipes! Some of our favorites are Instant Pot Orange Chicken, Instant Pot Mashed Potatoes, and these Instant Pot Hard Boiled Eggs. We think you will love this time saving kitchen appliance! (Check out my video review of my Instant Pot if you haven’t used one!)
Why you’ll love this recipe for homemade jam
Simple ingredients: Fresh berries, in this case, fresh raspberries, and a few pantry staples are all you need for this Instant Pot jam – no pectin!
Quick recipe: The entire process from start to finish is just about 20 minutes so you’ll have raspberry preserves on the table in no time at all.
Great for gift giving: This easy raspberry jam made with fresh fruit makes thoughtful gifts for teachers, friends, family, and workers. Tie a decorative tag with ribbon or twine around the top of the jar to dress up this jam for gift giving.
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Ingredients
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- 3 cups raspberries, rinsed and dried
- 3/4 cup granulated sugar
- 2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 1/2 tablespoons cornstarch or arrowroot powder
- 1 tablespoon water
Instructions
If you’ve ever wondered, “How do I make jam in my Instant Pot?”, then you have come to the right place! Here are step by step photos and detailed instructions to make homemade raspberry jam. Even if this is your first time making jam, we’ve made it easy!
- Place the raspberries into the Instant Pot.
- Cover the berries with the sugar, lemon juice, and vanilla, and let them sit for about 10 minutes. (Don’t skip this step – it starts to break the fruit down and activates the natural pectin in the raspberries.)
- Place the lid on the Instant Pot and make sure the quick release valve is set to sealed.
- Cook on manual pressure for 3 minutes.
- Meanwhile, mix the cornstarch (or arrow root powder) and water into a slurry in a small bowl and set aside.
- Let the Instant Pot naturally release for 5 minutes and carefully flip the quick release valve to release the rest of the pressure.
- When the pin has dropped, open the lid.
- Stir in the cornstarch slurry.
- If you like the jam smoother, use an immersion blender to blend the jam until it is at the desired consistency. However, if you prefer a few larger pieces of fruit or a thicker consistency, blend part of the jam and leave the rest of the jam untouched.
- Let the hot jam cool and give it one last stir.
- Pour this fruity pressure cooker jam into clean jars.
Just look at the vibrant red jam bursting with fresh raspberry flavor!
How to serve raspberry jam
Here are a few of our favorite ways to serve this delicious recipe for homemade raspberry jam:
- Spread it on hot buttered toast, English muffins, or muffins
- Spoon it over oatmeal or hot cereal
- For a quick appetizer, pour the raspberry jam over a block of softened cream cheese, sprinkle it with toasted, chopped pecans and serve with crackers.
- Drizzle it over pound cake, angel food cake, french toast, pancakes, waffles or ice cream
- Add a small bowl of raspberry jam to your charcuterie board
FAQs
Can you can jam in an Instant Pot? The Instant Pot works for steam canning/preserving high acid food like jams and jellies.
Will this recipe work with less sugar? The low sugar raspberry jam will be less sweet but you can reduce the sugar to your personal tastes.
Can you use other fruit to make Instant Pot jam? Yes! You can use the same amount of your favorite fruit to make homemade strawberry jam, peach jam, mixed berry Instant Pot jam or blackberry jam.
Equipment
Apart from basic kitchen equipment, you will need an Instant Pot pressure cooker and clean mason jars or other food safe storage jars.
Storage
We recommend storing this homemade jam in a jar or airtight container for up to 10-12 days in the refrigerator.
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📖 Recipe
Instant Pot Raspberry Jam
Equipment
- 1 Instant Pot (Pressure Cooker)
Ingredients
- 3 cups fresh raspberries rinsed and dried
- ¾ cup granulated sugar
- 2 tablespoon lemon juice
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1½ tablespoon cornstarch (or arrowroot powder)
- 1 tablespoon water
Instructions
- Place the raspberries in the Instant Pot.
- Cover the berries with sugar, lemon juice and vanilla and let them sit for about 10 minutes. (Don't skip this step – it starts to break the fruit down and release the natural pectin in the raspberries.
- Place the lid on the Instant Pot and make sure the quick release valve is set to sealed.
- Cook on manual pressure for 3 minutes.
- Meanwhile, mix the cornstarch (or arrowroot powder) and water into a slurry in a small bowl and set aside.
- Let the Instant Pot naturally release for 5 minutes and carefully flip the quick release valve to release the rest of the pressure.
- When the pin has dropped, open the lid.
- Stir in the cornstarch slurry.
- If you like the jam smoother, use an immersion blender to blend the jam until it is at the desired consistency. If you prefer a few larger pieces of fruit, blend part of the jam and lease the rest of the jam untouched.
- Let the hot jam cool and give it one last stir.
- Pour the jam into clean jars.
Notes
Nutrition
Nutritional information is based on third-party calculations and should be considered estimates. Actual nutritional content will vary with brands used, measuring methods, portion sizes and more.
Jamie says
Love that I can now make my favorite jam in the instant pot! So delicious!
Allyssa says
Great recipe! This tasted so amazing! Thanks a lot for sharing this super easy to make raspberry jam recipe! Fam really loves it! Will surely have this again!