How to Can Carrots
Learn how to can simple carrots to have available in your pantry. This recipe is adjustable to the quantity of carrots that you have. For reference, I will be canning 10 lbs of carrots, and this will make approximately 12 pints or 6 quarts of carrots.
Ingredients
- 10 lb carrots
- 2 Tb salt (approximately)
- boiling water
Instructions
- To begin, wash the carrots.
- Peel the carrots and cut off the ends, then wash the carrots again.
- Dice the carrots or cut them into lengths to fit into the jars. (See my Brown Sugar Glazed Carrots post for reference.)
- Pack the carrots into the jars as tightly as you can, leaving 1 inch of headspace.
- Add 1/2 teaspoon of salt to each pint, or 1 teaspoon to each quart jar, depending upon which size jar you wish to can in.
- Ladle boiling water into each jar. Using a bubble wand to remove bubbles and then add additional water if needed to maintain the 1 inch headspace.
- Wipe the jar rims with a damp cloth that is dipped in white vinegar.
- Place a lid and ring on the jar and place the jar in the pressure canner. Do this with all of the jars.
- Seal your pressure canner and begin heating it up. When you have a steady stream of steam coming from the vent, set your timer for 10 minutes.
- Place your weight on the vent and bring your canner up to the correct pressure (10 lb for weighted, 11 lb for gauge canners.)
- Process pint jars for 25 minutes or quart jars for 30 minutes. See the article linked in the post in regards to adjusting for your elevation.
- When the processing time has completed, turn of the heat and allow the canner pressure to come down on its own.
- When the pressure has returned to 0, remove the weight and wait a minute.
- Open you canner and let the jars rest for a few minutes.
- Transfer the jars to a lined surface that is in a draft-free location.
- Let the jars rest 12-24 hours.
- Remove the rings and test the seals to make sure all of your jars are sealed.
- Label your jars and set them in your pantry.
- If any jars did not seal, set them in your refrigerator and use them right away.
Nutrition
Sodium: 356mgCalcium: 31mgVitamin C: 6mgVitamin A: 15787IUSugar: 4gFiber: 3gPotassium: 302mgCalories: 39kcalMonounsaturated Fat: 1gPolyunsaturated Fat: 1gSaturated Fat: 1gFat: 1gProtein: 1gCarbohydrates: 9gIron: 1mg
Nutritional information is auto-generated and the accuracy is not guaranteed.
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