Strawberry Jam
Recipe: #5553
May 27, 2012
Categories: Strawberry, 5 Ingredients Or Less, Fat Free, Heart Healthy Kosher, Low Fat, No Eggs, Vegan, Vegetarian, more
"When it's strawberry season... make jam! "
Ingredients
Nutritional
- Serving Size: 1 (381.7 g)
- Calories 683.7
- Total Fat - 0.1 g
- Saturated Fat - 0 g
- Cholesterol - 0 mg
- Sodium - 21.2 mg
- Total Carbohydrate - 172.9 g
- Dietary Fiber - 1.6 g
- Sugars - 168.5 g
- Protein - 0.5 g
- Calcium - 28.8 mg
- Iron - 1.2 mg
- Vitamin C - 35.2 mg
- Thiamin - 0 mg
Step by Step Method
Step 1
Prepare canner and wash/sterilize 3 half-pint mason jars. (Keep jars in hot (not boiling) water until ready to use.)
Step 2
Put the strawberries, lemon juice, zest, and sugar into a heavy bottomed saucepan and bring to a boil, stirring to dissolve the sugar. Keep heating the jam until it reaches a temperature of 220 degrees F., stirring often. Warm lids in hot (not boiling) water to sterilize and soften seal.
Step 3
When jam has reached the desired consistency (see note above re testing), remove from heat and skim off any foam. Ladle hot jam into jars, leaving 1/4-inch of headspace. Wipe jar rims and threads and close with lids.
Step 4
Process in a boiling water bath for 10 minutes, then remove from water and let cool completely, 12 hours without moving. Tighten lids and store in an dark cupboard for up to 1 year.
Tips
No special items needed.