Strawberry Jam

Strawberry Jam 

Last weekend we had gone for strawberry picking. This is the first time I have seen a strawberry farm and was surprised to see acres of land with strawberries.. There were a lot of people picking the berries and enjoying the sweet and ripe berries in the farm. It was real fun. The ripe berries were really sweet unlike the store-bought ones which taste sour. So we plucked almost 3 to 4 kgs of strawberries and when we reached home, I and my hubby were looking at each other as to how we will finish eating so much, then struck the idea to make strawberry jam. So I distributed some of the strawberries to my neighbours and then started with jam making.

Any fruit jam requires only 3 basic ingredients – the fruit, sweetener and a preservative. I have used honey as sweetener and lemon as a natural preservative. I have frozen lemon and I grated its peel and the pulp and used it. There are a lot more nutrients in the peel that the lemon juice. So I would suggest you to store some lemons and use the peel by grating it. Its easy and lot more healthy too.

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Here is my Strawberry Jam recipe :

  • Fresh strawberries – 1.5 kg
  • Honey – 200 ml
  • Lemon zest – 1 tsp

Method:

  1. Clean and cut the strawberries into quarters and add honey. strawberry jam with honey
  2. Add lemon zest.strawberry jam - adding lemon zest
  3. Mix well , and leave it aside for an hour.strawberry jam - mixing and resting
  4. After an hour, heat a pan and add the strawberry mixture to it.strawberry jam - mashing of strawberries
  5. Leave it on high heat till the berries start to crush and it boils vigorously.strawberry jam - boiling
  6. Then reduce the heat to medium and mash the strawberries.
  7. Keep stirring occasionally, for 45 minutes to 1 hour until it thickens to a jam consistency.strawberry jam - READY
  8. Strawberry Jam is ready to be enjoyed with bread, pancakes, waffles, idlies, dosas, with anything and everything  😀
  9. Strawberry Jam

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