How to prepare strawberry jam and cooking techniques
How to prepare strawberry jam and cooking techniques
How to make strawberry jam
Dessert
easy
12 people
Preparation
Less than 30 minutes
Cooking
Less than 30 minutes
Even if you don’t have a thing for strawberry essential oil, you’re unlikely to pass up a glass of homemade strawberry syrup or say no to a slice of strawberry cheesecake. In this article, we will teach you the fastest way to make homemade strawberry jam. Follow the simple tips below so the jam does not become sugary and its juice remains clear and colorful for up to a year. In addition to learning how to make strawberry jam, if you are interested in making different types of jam, you can also read how to make blackberry jam and carrot jam in the Kale book.
Ingredients for making strawberry jam
One kilo of strawberries
750 grams of sugar
One fresh lemon (juiced).
How to make strawberry jam
1. Preparing a jar of strawberry jam
Sterile jar of strawberry jam
Before doing anything, boil the jars of jam for 10 minutes and dry them in the oven at 180 degrees Celsius.
2. Prepare strawberries
Prepare strawberry jam
Clean the strawberries with a soft, damp cloth. To keep your jam strawberries healthy, it is better to wash them gently and clean them very gently. Then take out the leaf part with a sharp knife. If your strawberries are large, you can cut them in half. But if you ask our opinion, healthy strawberry jam is more appetizing. You can prepare strawberry parfait or strawberry rice milk with fresh fruit, but adding strawberry jam instead of fresh fruit will also give these desserts a pleasant taste.
If you want to start working with the method of preparing strawberry jam that we have prepared for you, first put the strawberries in a pot and sprinkle some sugar on top of each layer of strawberries. Then put posit the container at room temperature for 12 hours so sugar melts and goes into the berries.
3. Cooking strawberry jam
Cooking strawberry jam
Heat the strawberry pot and add lemon juice to it. If some sugar sticks to the pot during cooking, gently remove the sugar.
When the sugars have melted, increase the heat so the jam thickens slowly. Of course, don’t forget that the sugars must be completely melted before boiling the strawberry jam, otherwise sugar crystals will appear on your jam. When the jam is boiling water, take the foam on it with a spoon. Of course, do this only once and carefully.
4. Strawberry jam concentration test
Strawberry jam concentration
After boiling the strawberry jam, wait 5 to 10 minutes to cook the strawberries. When the temperature of the jam juice reaches 105 degrees Celsius, remove the pot from the heat. If you don’t have a thermometer, pour a spoonful of jam into a cold saucer and wait 30 seconds for it to cool. If after this time, the juice of the jam has reached your desired concentration and does not flow like water from your fingers, your jam is ready. Otherwise, cook for about 2 more minutes until the milk thickens.
5. Pour jam into the jar
How to make strawberry jam
Pour strawberry jam into warm jars and close them. Jars of jam can be kept in the freezer for a year, and each jar can be kept in the refrigerator for months. Your strawberry jam is ready and you can enjoy it with butter but hot bread and a cup of tea for breakfast.
Of course, you know that you don’t always need a stove to prepare delicious desserts and drinks with strawberries. With raw strawberries, you can make a smoothie, potion, or smoothie, or use this appetizing fruit to make rolls, jelly, or even crepes.
So that there is no foam left on your jam, you can melt a tablespoon of pasteurized butter and pour it on the jam. This will remove the rest of the jam foam.
Additional tips for making strawberry jam
To prepare strawberry jam, just like any other jam, you must follow the points discussed below.
You can double this strawberry jam recipe. Just remember that if you increase the ingredients, you will have to cook the jam for a longer time.
Strawberry jam without sugar
For your jam to be low in sugar, you can use chia seeds instead of sugar at the end of the cooking time so that your jam becomes jelly and has a concentration. If you like, you can also read the recipe for strawberry jam without sugar in detail in the Kale book.
Frozen strawberry jam
You can freeze your berry jam with a glass. Just leave some space at the top of the jar before putting it in the freezer, as the jam expands a bit when it freezes. With this, you can put several jars in the freezer and take them out whenever you need, and allow a little time for the ice to open and use.
Simple ideas for using strawberry jam
You can drink strawberry jam alone with butter for breakfast and use it for the following purposes:
On pancakes or waffles with whipped cream: One good option is strawberry jam on waffles. Read how to make simple waffles in Kale’s book.
On plain or vanilla yogurt: by doing this and even combining this jam with yogurt, you can eat a delicious fruit yogurt.
On ice cream or cheesecake: your own vanilla ice cream or ice cream
