Strawberry Jam
Homemade strawberry jam using fresh berries in season. Preserve the wonderful flavor of spring.
Ingredients
- 2 pounds Fresh Strawberries
- 4 cups Granulated Sugar
- pinch Salt
- 1 Lemon medium size.
Instructions
- Clean and thoroughly wash strawberries. Hull them and slice into quarters.
- Add chopped strawberries to a bowl with the 4 cups of sugar. Stir to combine.
- Allow strawberries to macerate for 1 hour.
- Place strawberry and sugar mixture into a tall stock pot with a good pinch of salt and the lemon juice. Heat over medium heat until it reaches a boil. Caution, it will be bubbly and frothy.
- Once it hits a boil, reduce the heat to maintain a gentle simmer. Stir occasionally until it thickens. This will take an hour or so.
- Check the jam to make sure it has reached the jam stage by placing a small dollop on a plate. If it is thick and not runny it is ready to poured into jars.
- Ladle hot jam into clean mason jars. I used a dozen 4 ounce mason jars but any size you prefer would do.
- Place the lids and bands on each jar screwed down snug but not too tight. Flip the jars over and allow to cool to room temperature undisturbed for several hours.
- Any jars that have not sealed after cooling can be placed in a boiling hot water bath for 5-10 minutes to try to reseal or you can store in fridge.