How to Make Strawberry Jam with Only 3 Ingredients?
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Make the easiest strawberry jam ever without preservatives or pectin with my simple recipe. All you need is three ingredients and 10 minutes.
Author: Radhika
Makes: 2 small jars or 500 ml jam
Ingredients
- Strawberries, Pureed, 2 cups
- Sugar, 1½ cup or 300 grams
- Lemon Juice, 3 tablespoons
Method
- Sterilize a glass jam jar. Learn all about sterilizing jars here. DO NOT SKIP THIS STEP.
- Clean and hull (get rid of the green leafy part) the strawberries. Puree all the strawberries, except a few. Save 3-4 whole strawberries (hulled). That way you'll have a few whole strawberries in the final jam.
- In a heavy bottomed pan, add in the pureed strawberries, the whole strawberries, sugar and lemon juice. Heat this on low until the sugar has completely dissolved. It is important for the sugar to completely dissolve.
- Once the sugar has dissolved, increase the heat to high and start a timer. You have to boil this jam for exactly 9 minutes, while stirring constantly.
- Let the jam stand for about 10 minutes so that whole strawberries distribute evenly (if you're not putting whole strawberries then skip this step and pour the jam straight away). Using a funnel or a ladle, pour jam in hot dry jars and tightly secure the lid. Keep the jar in the refrigerator and eat when cold with toasted bread or scones.
Notes
*You will notice foam building up when you start boiling the jam but it should settle down after 4 minutes. It is completely normal.
** I make jams to be eaten straight away. This one is no exception. Keep this jam in the refrigerator at all times and it will stay for up to 3 months.
** I make jams to be eaten straight away. This one is no exception. Keep this jam in the refrigerator at all times and it will stay for up to 3 months.
Recipe by Sugar & Spice by Radhika at https://sugarnspicebyradhika.in/how-to-make-strawberry-jam-with-only-3-ingredients/