Fresh Summer Strawberry Jam

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Posted by Ashley | Posted in Recipes | Posted on 27-06-2013

You will need:

  • 4 cups of strawberries chopped and slightly smashed
  • 4 tablespoons of fresh squeezed lemon juice
  • 7 cups of sugar
  • 1 packet of liquid pectin

It all begins with the fresh picked strawberries 4 quarts and I made two batches of jam IMG_2666

 

Then I took the stems off of all of them and sliced them into a bowl, they were little so some of them only took a slice in half, then I took a lemon and with my lemon squeezer squeezed the juice out, about 4 tablespoons worthIMG_2667

Making jam is so messy, I use the green mashed to smush them a little bit in the bowl, it is really meant to be a mint crusher  for mojitos but works perfect for jam…IMG_2668

This could be an ad for Ball, but it is not, I just think they make the best canning supplies, I have always used their lids and rims, and I tried their liquid pectin for the first time in this batch and it worked wonderful, I kept it in the fridge and then sniped off the top before I started, becasue you do not want to be messing around with scissors when you have a pot of boiling jam trying to pour the pectin in…IMG_2669 After adding the fruit and the lemon, stir in  all of the sugar, then you turn that burner on and let it cook until the boil is so rolling that you cannot stir the bubbles down… IMG_2671 I did not can this jam as i wanted to make enough so that everyone received it as a bonus item with their veggies today, So I let it cool a wee bit and then ladled it into these little plastic containers and promptly put it into the fridge, becasue this jam is not can sealed you will need to keep it in the fridge until you eat it all up! IMG_2673

Resting in the fridge Jam for all our members IMG_2674 IMG_2675   Happy First Day of the CSA!!!