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Canning carrots is a great way to preserve carrots, take advantage of store sales, or just can the carrots from your own garden. Learn how to can carrots with a pressure canner for easy sides, soups, and more.
You can raw pack or hot pack the carrots, and both are just as good as the other (though I prefer the raw pack method, because I’m lazy and like fewer steps). I will give you instructions on how to raw and hot pack the carrots so you can make your own choice on how to handle this job.
Raw pack – Fill jars tightly with raw carrots, leaving 1-inch headspace. Add 1 teaspoon of salt per quart to the jar, if desired. Add hot cooking liquid or water, leaving 1-inch headspace.
Process quart jars in a pressure canner for 30 minutes at 10 pounds of pressure. Be sure to adjust psi based on your altitude. These delicious carrots make a wonderful side dish to compliment any dinner and stay good on your pantry shelf for a few years!
The main question when canning carrots is raw pack or hot pack. Raw pack means you just place the raw carrots into the canning jars. Cover with boiling water and then load them into your pressure canner.
If you are new to pressure canning or looking for tips to improve your technique, this post will provide useful information on how to safely and successfully can carrots at home.
Carrots can be raw packed or hot packed. To raw pack fill carrots tightly into hot jars leaving 1-inch headspace. For a hot pack simmer carrots gently for 5 minutes then pack hot into hot jars leaving 1-inch headspace. Add salt if desired. 1/2 tsp per pint, and 1 tsp per quart.
In today's canning video we're chopping up a whole pile of carrots and then preserving them in mason jars with the pressure canner.
RAW PACK FOR CANNING Carrots. Raw packing simply means placing the peeled and chopped (or whole) carrots in the jars without precooking them. You’ll then fill the jars with boiling water and process them in the canner. Raw packing is much faster than a hot pack process, but there are some drawbacks.
Now let’s get down to the business of pressure canning these carrots! Canning Carrots – Raw Pack Method. What You Need: Steam-pressure canner – I will be using the one with a weighted gauge; Jars, lids and rings; Canning utensils: jar lifter, jar funnel, bubble remover, lid wand and head space tool; Always clean your produce before ...