Leaves From My Garden

pages from the Notebooks of ..........Helen Cronin

Preserves Recipes

Strawberry Jam

The quintessential English Tea is surely Scones and Strawberry Jam, and if you are in the West Country it has to be with Clotted cream as well!Homegrown strawberries have far more flavour than shop bought ones

See these Notes for  Setting point and bottling Pickles and Preserves

Strawberry Jam
Recipe Type: Pickles and Preserves
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Serves: about 5lbs
Ingredients
  • 3 1/2lbs Strawberries
  • 3 tbsps Lemon Juice (fresh)
  • 3 lbs Sugar
  • small knob of Butter
Instructions
  1. Remove the stalks and leaves from the Strawberries and then wash the fruit.
  2. Place the strawberries in a large Saucepan or Preserving pan with the Lemon juice and simmer until the fruit is soft.
  3. Gently add the sugar and stir until dissolved. Add a knob of Butter to reduce the scum forming
  4. Bring the mixture to the boil and continue until the Jam setting point is reached (105°c or 221°F)
  5. Skim off the frothy scum with a slotted spoon. Bottle the jam into clean jars and seal. Label jars before storing.

 

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