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[rabbitfluff]

Does anyone have a good (and easy) strawberry jam recipe please? Or any tips for making it? I have a tonne of strawberries in the freezer from the allotment that I need to use. I thought it would be relatively straight forward but after googling for a recipe every one has different sugar to fruit ratios, uses jam/preserving/normal sugar and some use lemons and some don't, so now I'm a bit confused.

 

Thanks

[Daphne]

Oooh, let me go and look, I made some a month ago and its delish, I know others have been busy as its been such a good year

[Daphne]

This is what I used, James Martin. It was easy but involves marinading the berries overnight so a bit longer than some recipes. The results are the best ever, a bit of tartness to cut through the sweetness. I skimmed off the scum, let it cool and ate it mixed with greek yogurt, or with cream, and as an extra jam when "Ooops, word censored!"ody was looking

 

http://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/3161704/strawberry-jam

[chickencam]

I quite often use frozen fruit for jam. I use jam sugar or normal sugar with a sachet of pectin powder mixed though which is cheaper if you can find it. I also usually add about 1/5 gooseberries to my strawberry jam because it helps the set. I like a soft set jam and if everything is well sterilised it keeps for years. I defrost them over a low heat in the pan with a lid on the. Add the sugar I use less than half quantity of sugar and it works fine. With jam sugar I only boil for about five minutes.