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Simple strawberry jam
With just 3 ingredients you can rustle up your own homemade strawberry jam. Slather the fruits of your labour on toast or stir into a creamy rice pudding. Berry bliss!
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Ready in 50 minutes
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Cooking time 10 minutes plus 15 minutes cooling time
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Prep time 25 minutes
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Makes 4 or 5 jars (1.8kg of jam)
Ingredients
- 900 g firm strawberries
- 1 kg jam sugar
- juice of ½ lemon
Method
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1
Cut the stalks from the strawberries and cut the fruit into chunks. Place in a large saucepan with the lemon juice and cook over a medium heat for a few minutes. Pour in the jam sugar and stir over a low heat until the sugar has completely dissolved.
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2
Bring the fruit up to boiling point and then as soon as the jam starts to boil, leave to boil rapidly for 6 minutes. Test for the setting point: spoon a little jam onto a chilled saucer and chill for five minutes. Then, push your finger over the chilled jam – if the jam wrinkles up, it has reached the setting point. If not, boil again for a few minutes and re-test.
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3
Remove the pan from the heat. Using a large spoon remove any of the froth from the surface of the jam, then allow the jam to cool for 15 minutes.
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4
Meanwhile, wash the jam jars in hot soapy water and dry off in a hot oven to sterilise. Spoon the jam into the jars and top with a waxed paper disc. Seal and store until ready to enjoy. Once opened, store in the fridge.
