Fresh Jam
The kids and I went strawberry picking, so now we are stocked up for all sorts of fresh strawberry goodness! Strawberry pie, muffins, sauce, frozen whole (just right for blender drinks) sugared, frozen strawberry custard... Ohhh the possibilities.
We decided to first make freezer jam, I personally like freezer jam much better than cooked jam. I think that you loose a lot of flavor by cooking the berries. So, not only is it better for us to make freezer jam, but it is a whole lot easier.
First you make a trip to your local U-pick strawberry patch, forget to bring your camera, eat your weight in strawberries, while chasing your children through the narrow little rows to stop them from bothering every other berry picker there. You fill up for bowls, round up your crazy children and take a wrong turn on the way home. What? Don't you do it that way?
Well, I suppose to be fair you can get your strawberries any way you want, you just need to have four cups of crushed berries to start with.
In order to make freezer jam you need pectin, and for my money and time, Ball makes the best kind.
You add your 1 1/2 cups sugar to the packet of pectin, in a small bowl, mix until blended.
Stir together with berries for 3 minutes.
Laddle into clean jars, pop on lids and let rest on the counter for 1/2 hour. No insane boiling of jars and lids, and stuff not sealing, forget that! I have two children and three dogs to look after, I don't have time to make sure no lids pop up.
Place in freezer for up to a year, or in the fridge for about a month, and enjoy!
The kids and I went strawberry picking, so now we are stocked up for all sorts of fresh strawberry goodness! Strawberry pie, muffins, sauce, frozen whole (just right for blender drinks) sugared, frozen strawberry custard... Ohhh the possibilities.
We decided to first make freezer jam, I personally like freezer jam much better than cooked jam. I think that you loose a lot of flavor by cooking the berries. So, not only is it better for us to make freezer jam, but it is a whole lot easier.
First you make a trip to your local U-pick strawberry patch, forget to bring your camera, eat your weight in strawberries, while chasing your children through the narrow little rows to stop them from bothering every other berry picker there. You fill up for bowls, round up your crazy children and take a wrong turn on the way home. What? Don't you do it that way?
Well, I suppose to be fair you can get your strawberries any way you want, you just need to have four cups of crushed berries to start with.
In order to make freezer jam you need pectin, and for my money and time, Ball makes the best kind.
You add your 1 1/2 cups sugar to the packet of pectin, in a small bowl, mix until blended.
Stir together with berries for 3 minutes.
Laddle into clean jars, pop on lids and let rest on the counter for 1/2 hour. No insane boiling of jars and lids, and stuff not sealing, forget that! I have two children and three dogs to look after, I don't have time to make sure no lids pop up.
Place in freezer for up to a year, or in the fridge for about a month, and enjoy!
posted by Miss Bliss at 9:41 AM
2 Comments:
It is so easy and yummy that even your "kitchen challenged" sister-inlaw was able to make a successful batch of strawbery jam :)
You are not "kitchen challenged", you are better than me in a lot of areas. And if I know how to do something that is easy and cheap and good for you, yeah, I'm gonna pass it on!
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