Strawberry Jam

[lisa4star]

I made some strawberry jam on Sunday it's lovely

I've never made it before and it couldn't be simpler.

Ingredients:
Juice of 3 lemons
1.8kg small strawberries (tops off)
1.84kg jam sugar (not preserving sugar)

Put a saucer in the freezer. Put all the ingredients in a bowl and gently stir. Cover with a tea towel and sit over night. This helps keeps the fruit whole, (however I didn't do it as I wanted to make it on Sunday and hadn't read the recipe in advance) then put in a pan on a low heat until the sugar has disolved then boil for 4 mins. Take off the heat and put a spoonfull on the saucer, leave to cool for a few seconds then pull your finger through it and if there is a skin it's ready. If not reboil for 2 mins and keep doing this until there is a skin then pour into hot sterile jars. Easy!

[Shetty]

Yes, just made some, too.
I always get jam sugar 3:1 from the continent for strawberry jam. Then you only need 0.5kg of sugar for 1.5kg of fruit. I think you can taste the fruit better. Never come across this suage in Britain though.

[lisa4star]

Hi Shetty, that does sound better as jam is so sweet, healthier too.

(my wine yeast arrived yesterday for my rhubarb wine so will hopefully get it made this weekend)

[Nicki85]

I think you can get jam sugar in supermarkets now. Not sure if it is exactly the same but there are two types-
preserving sugar
jam sugar (with added pectin)

I'll be making strawberry jam tonight!

[Stephen02]

Me too i will make strawberry jam it's better than the supermarket one. You can preserve it as much as you want. it's easy to make delicious jam with any fruit, i like the ingredients that Lisa4star gave, you can add some flavors to your jam!