Strawberry Jam/Preserve

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I love butter and jam on my toast.  In America peanut butter and jelly on bread is common.  When I talk butter and jam it's kind of close you will agree.  Anyways, strawberry as you might have already guessed is my favorite. In case I have a few strawberries left over which is not often and it starts losing it's color and everyone goes cool on it I save it by making a jam.  Nifty, you will agree.  The recipe is simple and easy to make and I am sure you will enjoy it.  Get some fresh strawberry from the store, those are the best to make some of this scrummy delight.  But like me if you have left overs ,clean them ,take the good portion for the jam.



Ingredients:

Strawberries- 1lb
Sugar- 1 1/2 cup/to your liking
Lemon juice- 1 1/2-2 Tbsp

Method:

1.Clean ,hull and mash the strawberries.If you want to have chunky jam/preserve do not mash much.
2.Throw in all the ingredients in a thick bottom ,deep pan and keep the heat on medium low and mix well to dissolve the sugar.
3.Stir continuously and increase the temperature and let it boil.Be very careful, once it starts boiling the syrup will start spluttering.So it's wise to use a bigger pan and longer spatula.
4.Switch off the heat once the water is almost absorbed ,but not completely and transfer to sterilized jars.If you are going to have it soon,and not going to seal the jars like me, refrigerate it.



Notes:

1.Do not fill the jars full,as I've done,if you are storing for a long time :-)
2.You have to decide the amount of sugar according to the sweetness/sourness of the fruit.
3.This is a pectin free preparation as you can see,which is quite simple yet very tasty.
4.I didn't have any sterilized jars and I'm not going to store it longer.Half of it is already gone :-)
5.I have referred many sources to see how to check whether it's boiled enough if you do not have a candy thermometer(it's 220 degree F on candy thermometer)and here is one : Dip a spoon in jam and slide it.If the jam drops down as a sheet/run together then it's done.

Contributor:Namitha