The phrase
"to sterilize the jars" means to make the jars completely clean and free from any bacteria or germs that might spoil the food inside.
Full definition
After one minute take off the heat and ladle
into sterilized jars half pint or pint size jars leaving 1/4 in head space.
To do that, they soaked fruit fly eggs briefly in bleach, washed them in alcohol, and grew them
in sterilized jars with sterilized food — treatments that prevented the flies from picking up the menagerie of bacteria that usually climb aboard early in life.
Poke a couple of small holes in top of each chile and pack them tightly in
sterilized jars leaving 1 / 4 - inch head space.
Just a little pro-tip: I've made sauerkraut and other fermented vegetables daily for years (I just wrote a book on the topic) and I have never
once sterilized my jars.
Ladle the Chile Jam into warm,
dry sterilized jars, and seal with the lids while the mixture is still warm.
Optional:
sterilize your jars by rinsing them with boiling water (I place the jars and lids in a large bowl and then pour boiling water over them, filling the jars, but not submerging them).
Poke a couple of small holes in top of each chile and pack them tightly
in sterilized jars leaving 1/4 inch headroom.
Amazing Pickled and Marinated Vegetables Recipe: Jamie Oliver
About Sterilizing Jars: Properly handled sterilized equipment will keep canned foods in good condition for years.
Strain and pour into clean,
sterilized jars.
Add the chipotle chile mixture, stir well, and store in
sterilized jars.
Sterilize the jars and lids in which you'll store the lemons.
Pour into
a sterilized jar and place in the refrigerator until needed.
Keep Peach Ginger Jam in
a sterilized jar and with the lid in refrigerator up to one week.
About 5 minutes before the jam is ready I add the lids to the boiling water in this pot so that they will be ready and hot when I pour the jam into the hot
sterilized jars.
Pour your jam into
sterilized jars, sealing them tightly and boiling in a water bath canner for 8 minutes.
After it has boiled for 20 minutes, ladle the cherries and liquid into hot,
sterilized jars.
Sterilize the jars, lids, and screw - on bands in boiling water for at least 5 minutes.
Prepare the jars: If you are planning to can your pickles for long - term storage, bring a large pot of water to a boil and
sterilize the jars and their lids.
Divide the cauliflower between the 2
sterilized jars, adding 2 garlic cloves and 1 bay leaf to each.
I hold
my sterilized jars in a warm oven until I need them.
Sterilizing jars is the first step of preserving foods.
Place 4
sterilized jars in a stock pot set to high heat.
About
Sterilizing Jars: Properly handled sterilized equipment will keep canned foods in good condition for years.
Bottle in
sterilized jars.
You definitely don't need to
sterilize jars.
I saw the link you posted on how to
sterilize jars, but it doesn't show how to sterilize the kind of jars with the attached lid and rubber insert that are shown in your photos.
The tiny chiles are preserved in three layers in a 1 pint,
sterilized jar.