Old-Fashioned Strawberry Jam
Serves 20 15 min prep 30 min cook
Nothing fancy — just ripe strawberries, sugar and lemon cooked into the bright homemade jam generations grew up eating.
Ingredients
- 1 kg ripe strawberries, hulled
- 750 g white sugar
- 60 ml lemon juice
Method
- Place the strawberries in a wide heavy saucepan and crush roughly.
- Add the sugar and lemon juice.
- Heat gently, stirring until the sugar dissolves.
- Bring to a rolling boil.
- Cook until the jam reaches setting point.
- Skim away any foam.
- Allow to stand for 5 minutes.
- Spoon into hot sterilised jars and seal.