It is Jam It Up June time again YAY!!! Like last year I seem to have aquired some strawberries on the cheap YAY!!! I mean seriously it would be rude not to.

To be honest though I was kinda thinking that maybe it wasn’t such a great idea due to loads of people do Strawberry Jam but honestly I find ways that make it slighty different. Last year it was a no sugar raw jam with chia seeds and this year I am making how my grandmother made it 2 ingredients and open kettle jarring.

To be fair if you haven’t made jam before this is honestly one of the easiest jams to make probably takes in total over 3 days 45-60 minutes of your time. It’s not alot really and considering out of this batch I got 7 1/2 jars and the total cost of ingredients was £3 I’m not upset with that. Even the cheap jams are £1 now so I have won big time on this.

INGREDIENTS

2 Kgs Strawberries

2 Kgs Sugar

METHOD

1. Cut up your strawberries into quarters.
2. Add them to the pot you will be cooking the jam in and add the equal amount of sugar.
3. Stir well. Make sure the strawberries are coated completely.
4. Leave for 24 hours to macerate.
5. Stir the pot a few times to break up the settle sugar on the bottom.
6. After 24 hours turn on the heat and cook to boiling.
7. Stirring most of the time.
8. Once the pot comes to the boil turn the heat down to medium and spoon off the white scummy bits.
9. Stir the “jam” every 5-10 minutes to make sure it isn’t sticking and cook until the “jam” is thick and able to set when spooned onto a china plate you have placed in the freezer for more than an hour.
10. Make sure your jars and lids are well sterilised and still hot.
11. Add your jam into each jar up to the collar of the jar.
12. Place on the lids to finger tight.
13. You can turn them upside down if you wish but not entirely necessary.
14. Leave to cool undisturbed.
15. This jam is now shelf stable an does NOT need to be kept in the fridge. It will keep happily there until you open it and then only use a clean utensil to get some out. Otherwise you may end up with sugar mold on it.