Strawberry jam
Fruity, delicate and aromatic – not without reason strawberry jam is so popular. It tastes delicious on bread, with pancakes or in pastries. With this recipe you can make strawberry jam yourself. You only need four ingredients. You make it with pectin and without preserving sugar.
Servings 1.9 kg
Equipment
- sterilized preserving jars or screw jars
Instructions
- Clean strawberries and then weigh 1.5 kg of them.
- Cut the strawberries into coarse pieces and put them in a saucepan.
- Add lemon juice to the strawberries and mix.
- Mix sugar with pectin and add it to the strawberries.
- Put the saucepan on the stove and heat the strawberry mixture slowly over low heat, stirring, until the juice is formed and the sugar is dissolved.
- Now bring the strawberry mixture to a boil and cook, bubbling, stirring occasionally, until the strawberries are cooked, about 3 - 5 minutes.
- Immediately fill the hot strawberry jam into sterilized preserving jars or screw jars to the brim, seal them, place them on the lids for about 15 minutes and then let them cool.
Notes
- Lemon juice ensures that the strawberries retain their bright red color even after cooking.
- When buying pectin, make sure that it is pure pectin without sugar or other additives.
- Sugar and pectin together can be replaced by the same amount, i.e. 500 g of preserving sugar 3:1.
- Note the detailed tips and tricks for making the strawberry jam at the top of the post.