Making jam is such a pleasurable experience. Nothing beats
home made jam with fresh seasonal fruits personally picked and processed for
making jam. This is the best way of preserving seasonal fruits and relishing it
for a long long time. I have a variety of jams in my pantry that I made some
time ago. Once you make jam at home, you will never like the store bought
version that generally has loads of
preservatives, artificial colour, pectin, flavouring agents etc etc…..
Last week during a weekly trip to the fruit mart we got two
packs of strawberries and made Jam.
It is a spread able jam with loads of fruit pieces bursting with flavour.
STRAWBERRY JAM
Ingredients
Strawberries
Sugar (depends on quantity of
fruit)
Lemons
You will also need-
A plate kept in the freezer
Method
Wash the strawberries; keep them for
sometime to dry.
Hull the strawberries and chop
them.
Measure the chopped fruit and
transfer to a heavy bottom steel wok.
Measure equivalent quantity of
sugar.
Mix sugar and fruit well and let
it rest for two hours. The strawberries will become soft and release juice.
Add juice of half lime for every
cup of chopped fruit.
Cook over medium flame stirring
at short intervals to avoid jam from sticking to the bottom and burning.
When the quantity of jam reduces
and starts attaining jam like consistency, reduce the heat and cook on low
flame stirring constantly.
To test doneness, drop some jam
on the cold plate. Return to freezer for a
minute. Run your finger through the jam on the plate... if it doesn't try to
run back together, it is done. If it is runny, it needs to be cooked for some more
time.
While
the jam cools, sterilise the bottles. Place the washed and dried bottles
with the lids in the oven. Set the temperature to 100 degrees and set the timer
to 10 minutes. Remove the bottles and their lids from the oven.
Ladle hot jam
into the jars leaving ¼ inch head space. Secure the lids tightly.
Absolutely loving that bright ruby red jam..you are right nothing can beat homemade stuff.
ReplyDeleteLove the colour Namita. I was on a lookout for strawberries here in Bangalore. Couldnt find it anywhere :( Guess the season is over? I love this jam and would love to make it the moment I get myself some fresh strawberries!
ReplyDeleteOh, the Jam looks really delicious! We love the touch of lemon...
ReplyDeleteYum Yum!! Love strawberry jam!! This ones got a beautiful colour and the strawberries look so plump and juicy in the preserve.
ReplyDeleteI don't know how I found my way here, but I did, and I fell in love with your strawberry jam. Made a batch myself yesterday, and it tastes delicious. Thank you.
ReplyDeleteI will be back for more, because I love your approach towards food.
Thank You Natasha! :)
ReplyDeleteThanks for such a wonderful recipe... That jam turned out yummy...and its color is superb.
ReplyDeleteLove your recipes! Ever since I tried this one I stopped buying jam :) just made my second batch...thanks Namita!
ReplyDeleteHello Swati, thank you for your kind words. I am so happy that you made jam at home. It gives great pleasure to make things at home ......this is the passion that connects us I guess :)
DeleteI m planning to make this, would be my 1st time.Its strawberry season here so I thought let me try this.your jam looks lovely!👌
ReplyDeleteThis jam was a hit among kids n adults.👍 We relished it with the sandwich bread I made. Will be definitely making this again.
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