Homemade strawberry jam recipe – easy to make and much better than store bought one.
Here I have not used any preservatives in this. Because I am making small quantity which will finish in couple of weeks. I always like to make fresh jam rather than making big batch.
I have used sliced fruit, thus it gives chunky jam. If you like less chunky, then chop them into small pieces and keep mashing as it soften while cooking.
Addition of lemon juice in the recipe perks up the strawberry flavors and gives really nice flavor.
Making Strawberry Jam at home is so simple. Just add all the ingredients in a pan and cook with stirring once in a while till you get thick and jam like consistency. It does not require your super attention so you can make this while doing other stuff.
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Usually pectin is used while making Jam in big batches. Here I have made without pectin as I made small batch of strawberry Jam. No one (I and hubby) at home is actually fond of any kind of jam as we do not like sweet things in breakfast, so I made very little quantity. But after having a bite of toast with jam, hubby likes it and he asks for more that day. He said that store bought one tastes more sugary and sweet but this one has perfect sweetness with tang from strawberries.
Why Pectin is used the Jam?
People usually make Jam in bigger batches, store it and enjoy it throughout the year. While making larger quantity, lots of strawberries leaves lots of juice. And it will take whole lot of time to reduce. Thus pectin is added, it helps to thicken the liquid and jam is ready in much shorter time.
As with pectin, one does not need to cook for longer time to boil all the liquid and to get jam consistency, so you get larger quantity of jam.
When pectin is used, one is not cooking fruit too much, so fruit will not caramelize and become darker. So it looks more brighter and fresher just like the fresh strawberry color (Not like mine- deep color).
Other jam recipe on the blog – Mango jam
How to make strawberry jam recipe (Step by Step Photos):
Prep: First put a small plate into the freezer, we will use it at the end to check the perfect consistency of Jam.
1) Take strawberries, sugar and lemon juice in a pan. Turn on the heat to medium.
2) Mix everything together while it heats up.
3) All the sugar will start to melt.
4) As it starts to boil, strawberries will start to release their juice.
5) Let it simmer and keep stirring in between. It starts to foam up. You can remove that foam using spatula or leave it like me. It will be fine.
6) As it simmers, it reduces.
7) Keep stirring and simmering till it gets thick and it starts leave the sides of the pan. It took me about 20 minutes.
8) Check the doneness of Jam. Put a small drop of Jam on chilled plate, If it looks set and means not runny and watery then Jam is ready. Turn off the stove. Q: Why Chill the plate? A: We drop the hot Jam on chilled plate, thus jam comes to room temperature quickly and will be easy to check. If plate is not chilled then Jam will take some time to come to room temperature and meantime Jam might gets over cooked and gets more thicker.
Let the Jam cool completely and store in clean Jar. It stays good for couple of months in the fridge.
Serving suggestion: Spread on toast or bread and have it as a breakfast. I have used in making jam thumbprint cookies.
Strawberry jam recipe
Ingredients
- ½ lb or 250 grams or 1 ½ cups Strawberries sliced
- ½ cup Sugar or more depends on sweetness of strawberries
- 1 tablespoon Lemon juice
Instructions
Preparation:
- First put a small plate into the freezer, we will use it at the end to check the perfect consistency of Jam.
Making strawberry jam recipe:
- Take strawberries, sugar and lemon juice in a pan. Turn on the heat to medium.
- Mix everything together as it heats up.
- All the sugar will start to melt.
- As it starts to boil, strawberries will start to release its juice.
- Let it simmer and keep stirring in between. It starts to foam up. You can remove that foam using spatula or leave it like me. It will be fine.
- Keep stirring and simmering till it gets thick and it starts leave the sides of the pan. It took me about 20 minutes.
- Check the doneness of Jam. Put a small drop of Jam on chilled plate, If it looks set and means not runny and watery then Jam is ready. Turn off the stove.
- Let the Jam cool completely and store in clean Jar.
Uma
Hi I made strawberry jam today it came out yummy I used brown sugar,can I store in steel container in fridge for 2 weeks
Kanan
yes you can store in fridge for 2 weeks. And glad to know that jam came out good