How To Sterilize Jars And Lids

You can use special sterilizer.

How to sterilize jars and lids. Jars should be filled while still hot Sterilize lids in boiling water 5 minutes. Fill the canner and jars with hot not boiling water to 1 inch above the tops of the jars. Put the pan on the hob and slowly increase the temperature until it boils.

All jams jellies and pickled products processed less than 10 minutes should be filled into sterile empty jars. 11 Useful Hacks Every. But how to sterilize the jars.

Sterilizing Rings and Lids. Keep the door shut fill hot jars with hot liquid one at a time removing from the washer with a tea towel or oven mitt. We recommend not using old jam jar lids if they are damaged or rusty they should be thrown away as they may not make a good seal.

Wash really well in soapy hot water and rinse to remove suds. Boiling in a pot or using the dishwasher the oven or the microwave oven. How to Properly Sterilize Jars for Preserving.

Screw top jars but not those with a metal clip top What youll need. How to sterilize jars over a saucepan. Jars should have flat gasket-lined lids.

Start sterilizing the glass jars using either the water bath method or the oven method and then start sterilizing the lids and rings while the jars are on. Check the preserving jars and lids for any nicks cracks or sharp and uneven edges. Run the dishwasher on a cycle that coincides with your jam being ready.