Easy Strawberry Jam Recipe

Step 1

Wash your Strawberries well and pick out the ones that are getting moldy and spoiled. Only keep healthy fruits. Cut off the stem and cut your strawberries small.

Step 2

Place the Strawberries into the jam cooking pot. Add the sugar, lemon juice and the squeezed out lemon halves.

Step 3

Place on the heat, mix and slowly bring to a rolling boil.

Step 4

Reduce the heat and leave your jam to simmer over 30 and more minutes or until set

Step 5

When you think it's set, blend with a hand blender to a smooth consistency.

Step 6

Test setting temperature with the candy thermometer: 220 Fahrenheit/ 105 Celsius.OR test by dropping the hot jam into a frozen plate and if it's not running, it's set. If it's running leave it to simmer further. Read up all the details in the post to get it right.

Step 7

Keep your clean sterilized jam jars ready and fill up with the still hot jam up to the rim. Drop some vodka or rum into the clean lids to kill any germs left.

Step 8

Close the filled jam jar with the lid well and quickly turn upside down to create a vacuum. Leave the jar that way until the next day. Then label with jam name and date.

Step 9

Store in a cool and dry place. Store in the fridge once opened.