Celebrate National Strawberry Day with a yummy Strawberry Jam Recipe!
Ingredients:
- 2lb 3oz strawberries
- 2lb 3oz granulated sugar or caster sugar
- 1/2 lemon (juice only)
- Small knob of butter
Recipe:
- The day before making the jam, hull and halve the strawberries and check for soft spots
- Remove any soft spots and throw away any berries that are overripe
- Put the strawberries in a bowl with 18oz of the sugar, turning carefully and mixing well - cover and place in the fridge overnight
- Place a saucer in the freezer to chill (you'll need this later)
- Sterilize the jam jars
- Pour the strawberries, their juice and any residual sugary juices into a very large pan
- Add the remaining 18oz of sugar and the lemon juice
- Stir over a gentle heat until the sugar has completely dissolved
- Bring the strawberries to the boil and boil hard until the jam reaches setting point (this may take up to half an hour)
- To test if it has reached setting point, remove pan from heat and place a drop of the jam onto the saucer from the freezer, after a few seconds push the jam with your finger
- If the jam wrinkles it had reached setting point and is ready. If it slides about as liquid, it is not yet set.
- When setting point is reached, stir in the butter, skim off any scum on the surface of the jam
- Let the jam cool and thicken in the pan for ten minutes
- Stir the jam and ladle it into the sterilized jars
