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Home canned asparagus

Filed Under: Seasonal Spring, Vegetables Tagged With: Asparagus

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Home canned asparagus will be soft, but the taste is mild, subtle and fresh, and absolutely enjoyable in its own right.

It’s a delicious, healthy and inexpensive way to enjoy asparagus year-round. You can make quick and delicious asparagus soups with this.

Contents hide
  • 1 Quantities of asparagus needed
  • 2 The recipe
  • 3 Canning asparagus
    • 3.1 Ingredients
    • 3.2 Instructions
    • 3.3 Nutrition
  • 4 Reference information
  • 5 Recipe notes
  • 6 Recipe source
  • 7 Nutrition
  • 8 Packing liquid recommendations
  • 9 Cooking with canning recipes

Quantities of asparagus needed

Numbers are approximate guidelines.

On average, as a very rough guideline, expect to need about 1 ½ kg (3 ½ lbs) of asparagus per 1 litre (US quart) jar of canned asparagus.

  • 11 kg (24 ½ lb) of asparagus= 7 litres (US quarts) canned asparagus
  • 7 kg (16 lbs ) of asparagus = 9 x ½ litres (US pints) canned asparagus
  • 1 US crate asparagus = 8 kg (14 lbs) = 7 to 12 litres (US quarts) canned asparagus

The recipe

Jar size choices: Either half-litre (1 US pint) OR 1 litre (1 US quart)

Processing method: Pressure canning only

Yield: varies

Headspace: 3 cm (1 inch)

Processing pressure: 10 lbs (69 kPa) weighted gauge, 11 lbs (76 kpa) dial gauge (adjust pressure for your altitude when over 300 metres / 1000 feet)

Processing time: Half-litres (pints) 30 minutes; litres (quarts) 40 minutes

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Canning asparagus

How to safely home pressure can plain asparagus, following tested USDA methods
Course Side Dish
Cuisine American
Keyword Asparagus
Prep Time 30 minutes minutes
Cook Time 50 minutes minutes
Total Time 1 hour hour 20 minutes minutes
Servings 1 varies
Calories 75kcal

Ingredients

  • asparagus
  • water

Instructions

  • Wash asparagus.
  • Trim off any tough scales.
  • Break off tough ends.
  • Wash again.
  • Cut stalks into 2 to 3 cm (1 inch) pieces, or, leave whole.
  • Put asparagus in a large pot of already-boiling water.
  • Bring back to a boil, and boil for 2 to 3 minutes.
  • Pack loosely into half-litre (US pint) jars or 1 litre (US quart) jars.
  • Leave 3 cm (1 inch) headspace.
  • Top up with clean boiling water (such as from a kettle, for instance), maintaining headspace.
  • Debubble, adjust headspace.
  • Wipe jar rims.
  • Put lids on.
  • Processing pressure: 10 lbs (69 kPa) weighted gauge, 11 lbs (76 kpa) dial gauge (adjust pressure for your altitude when over 300 metres / 1000 feet)
  • Processing time: half-litre (US pint) jars for 30 minutes OR 1 litre (US quart) jars for 40 minutes.

Nutrition

Serving: 125g | Calories: 75kcal | Carbohydrates: 14.6g | Protein: 8.3g | Fat: 0.5g | Saturated Fat: 0.2g | Sodium: 8mg | Fiber: 7.9g | Sugar: 7.1g

Processing guidelines below are for weighted-gauge pressure canner. See also if applicable: Dial-gauge pressures.

Jar SizeTime0 to 300 m (0 - 1000 feet) pressureAbove 300 m (1000 ft) pressure
½ litre (1 US pint)30 mins10 lbs15 lb
1 litre (1 US quart)40 mins10 lbs15 lb

There’s also a raw-pack option.

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Reference information

How to pressure can.

When pressure canning, you must adjust the pressure for your altitude.

More information about Salt-Free Canning in general.

Recipe notes

You must be as ruthless in breaking the tough ends off as you would be if you were preparing it for eating right then: the pressure canning pressure will not make the tough bits any more edible or palatable. Freeze the tough ends, and use them later to make a delicious asparagus stock to add to soups.

While the general rule is that you may re-process stuff within 24 hours if the seal didn’t take the first time, for quality reasons it’s probably best not to try this with asparagus. It often just turns to moosh in the jar and becomes unsightly to look at.

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Recipe source

Asparagus spears or pieces. United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Complete guide to home canning. Agriculture information bulletin No. 539. 2015. Page 4-5.

Modifications: none.

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Nutrition

Serving size: 125 g, drained (1 cup. About one half of a ½ litre / US pint jar.)

Per 375 g (1 cup):

  • 75 calories, 8 mg sodium
  • Weight Watchers PointsPlus®: 0 points (asparagus is free on Weight Watchers).

canned asparagus nutrition

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Packing liquid recommendations

The Ball / Bernardin Complete Book (2015) gives the option of using the blanching water as a packing liquid: “Drain, reserving cooking liquid for packing, if desired.”  [1]Kingry, Judi and Lauren Devine. Ball / Bernardin Complete Book of Home Preserving. Toronto: Robert Rose. 2015. Page 386.

The Ball Blue Book (37th edition, 2014) says, “Ladle hot cooking liquid or boiling water over asparagus, leaving 1 inch headspace.”  [2] Ball Blue Book. Muncie, Indiana: Healthmark LLC / Jarden Home Brands. Edition 37. 2014. Page 110.

So Easy to Preserve (2014) also gives those two options: “Fill jar to 1 inch from top with boiling hot cooking liquid or water.”  [3] Andress, Elizabeth L. and Judy A. Harrison. So Easy to Preserve. University of Georgia Cooperative Extension. Bulletin 989. Sixth Edition. 2014. Page 85.

The Bernardin Guide (2013) says, “Pack hot asparagus into hot jars and cover with hot cooking liquid.”  [4] Bernardin Guide to Home Preserving. Toronto, Canada: Bernardin Ltd. 2013. Page 102.

The USDA directions for this (as above) say “boiling water”, which presumably means fresh water, as opposed to the blanching liquid.

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References[+]

References
↑1 Kingry, Judi and Lauren Devine. Ball / Bernardin Complete Book of Home Preserving. Toronto: Robert Rose. 2015. Page 386.
↑2 Ball Blue Book. Muncie, Indiana: Healthmark LLC / Jarden Home Brands. Edition 37. 2014. Page 110.
↑3 Andress, Elizabeth L. and Judy A. Harrison. So Easy to Preserve. University of Georgia Cooperative Extension. Bulletin 989. Sixth Edition. 2014. Page 85.
↑4 Bernardin Guide to Home Preserving. Toronto, Canada: Bernardin Ltd. 2013. Page 102.
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