Happy Monday everyone!
I am back from my work trip and I am so happy to be back home! Last week, hubby brought back strawberries from work and as there were too many to eat I decided to make some jam with the left overs.
It was my first time making jam and I found it so easy I’m wondering why I didn’t give it a go earlier. Here is the recipe I used.
- 400 g strawberries
- 300 g caster sugar
- the juice of 1 lemon
I just put all my ingredients in a pot over the heat and brought everything to a boil, then I put it on low heat for around 40-45 min, making sure to stir from time to time (every 10 min or so) and that’s it! I think the consistency is really good, if you like your jam a bit firm, I would suggest either cooking it for longer or adding some agar to it.
I thought that overall it was super simple and I wish I had given jam a try before today. Are there any recipes you’ve tried that ended up super simple and that you wish you had given a go earlier?
There’s nothing like homemade jams! Strawberries won’t be ripe here until April.
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We are lucky in Australia to have all climates so we have strawberries all year round 🙂
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Can I come over to your place, please!? *droll*
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You’re more than welcome but it might be quite a long way to Australia!
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I might consider it as you have it nice and warm right now 😉 Around here it’s so terribly cold, I would not mind travelling 14 hours to Australia 🙃
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If you’re only 14h away it’s not too bad then 🙂 and it is nice and warm, but not too warm which is good!
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Yum!! Your first jam recipe and it set up too!! You have the touch:(!
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🙂 I was pretty happy with myself that the jam didn’t end up too runny that’s for sure!
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I used to make tons of jam when I was a teenager, but haven’t made any in years as I don’t have my canning pot or jars anymore:(
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I’m planning on having this one finished in a couple of weeks so I didn’t do a proper canning, I just set it in a jar and it’s in the fridge. Hopefully we finish it before anything gross grows in it!
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Oh ok. I didn’t think of doing that as I really miss making jam! I always have that same thought about making bread- why am I buying it, it’s so easy!
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It looks wonderful, and I know it tastes heavenly!
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Thanks Kathy, it really does! and it was nice to control how much sugar I put it too 🙂
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I always put less than the recipe too.
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Oooh! I can smell and taste it from here!
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🙂 maybe I should consider sending some through the mail!
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🙂
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Homemade strawberry jam is awesome!
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Definitely so yummy 😀
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