Description
A fresh and delicious homemade jam
Ingredients
Scale
- 2 cups mashed strawberries (~1–1.5 quarts)
- 1/3 cup unsweetened apple juice
- 1/3 cup honey or agave nectar (omit for no sugar added jam)
- 3 teaspoons “low or no sugar needed” pectin
Instructions
- You want to start by sanitizing and preparing your jars. Simply follow the package instructions. (For more details, see this article which helped me.) Then, hull and mash your strawberries.
You’ll need two cups.
You want them to be thoroughly mashed, but having pieces of strawberries in the jam is a good thing if you ask me!- Next, in a medium sauce pan, add the strawberries and apple juice. Gradually add in the pectin. Bring the mixture to a full rolling boil that cannot be stirred down, over high heat, stirring constantly. Make sure you have that mixture to a full boil, then add honey. Return the mixture to another full rolling boil and boil hard for a full minute, again stirring constantly. It’s really important to get that hard boil and keep it for a minute!
- Ladle the jam into hot jars (I had mine in a large stock pot of simmering water) and cover tightly. If you are preserving the jam, place them in a large stock pot (or canner if you have one) covered with 1-2 inches of water. Cover and bring to a steady, gentle boil. Allow to boil for 10 minutes. Remove the lid and let the jars stand an additional 5 minutes. Remove jars and allow to cool. Refrigerate overnight to allow the jam to fully set.
- If preserved, the jam will keep for approximately 8 months. If you choose to not preserve, skip the boiling step and allow the jars to cool at room temperature for 30 minutes before transferring to refrigerator. Unpreserved jam will keep for approximately 3 weeks.
- I hope you get to go strawberry picking this year. If not for the jam, for the memories. Although the jam isn’t a bad reason, either. Enjoy! 🙂
- Prep Time: 30 minutes
- Cook Time: 30 minutes
- Category: Condiment
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 ounce
- Calories: 26
- Sugar: 6.3g
- Sodium: 6.6mg
- Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 6.75g
- Protein: 1g