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| Homemade strawberry jam |
Our strawberry plants have recently started producing lots of lovely fruit, maybe with the rains we've had coupled with the hot weather. Anyway, G picked a large bowlful the other day, just on 1kgs worth, so I decided to make some jam with them. In previous years I've not had much success getting the jam to set however, so this time I used 'jam setting' sugar (basically it has citric acid and pectin added).
The jam was quick to make. I used the recipe on the bag of sugar, which advised boiling for only 4 minutes (although I could perhaps have boiled it a minute or so longer to set it just a tiny bit more). The result was good though, a nice brightly coloured jam with a really strong and fresh strawberry flavour. From 1kg of fruit, I made 5 average sized jars (about 300-330g each).
Now I'm looking forward to the day we can harvest enough raspberries to make raspberry jam!
6 comments:
Your jam does have a great color and the labels make it a good gift giver. Our raspberries took just a year to get established .. now we have gallons to freeze as they produce twice a year.
My strawberries don't reach the kitchen. I always eat them on the way in!! Maa
Just made some marmalade from Seville oranges. Consumption averaging out at a small pot a day . . it is sooo yum.
Boiled it a bit too long and it went a bit toffee-ish. Today was the first all-day blue sky day of the year here.
Was out making some Vit D in the garden. Now a bit achey.. Eheu.
Your jam does look yummy! I seem to have rhubarb coming out my ears at the moment so it's strawberry and rhubarb jam at my place!!
I love how your jam jar looks, the strawberry jar is glistening We have to wait a while before blackberries appear here. I am hoping to get some runners and plant some in my new garden.
Thanks, needless to say we're getting through the jam pretty quickly!
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