Strawberry Jam

Yesterday me and Mr Noisy made strawberry Jam
It's very easy and yummy. The recipe I used had 1kg of strawberries and sugar, and one lemon, but I used,

200g of strawberries,

200g of sugar,(Sugar makes it set) 

And the juice of 1 lemon.
(You can't the lemon, the lemon is to make it runny when making it and sticky once it's set.)

This didn't make a full jar for me, because we didn't have enough strawberries, and I thought I'd make a little bit because we might not like it,(but we loved it!).

1. Cut the strawberries into halves.

2. Put all the strawberries and the juice of the lemon in a pan (I used a saucepan) and put on a low heat, and stir continuously.

3. When the fruit has broken down a bit pour in all the sugar, stir continuously until the all sugar has dissolved.

4. Once the sugar has dissolved turn up the heat and let it boil for 5-6min.(Don't stir it.)

5. Put the heat down after 5-6min and take a small dollop and put it in the fridge for 1-2min to see if it's ready to set.

6. Take it out of the fridge and we are going to do the ripple/wrinkle test, you just take one finger and push it to see if it ripples/wrinkles, if it does then it's ready, if it doesn't let it boil for a couple more minutes.

I should look like this!




7. Let the jam set for 10min at least, otherwise the jam will rise to the top and there will be a jelly like substance at the bottom.(That's what I heard anyway, so it's best to follow the recipe.)

8. After 10min or more give the jam a good stir and put it in your jar.

AND YOUR DONE, I enjoyed making this recipe and it tastes delicious.


See you soon,
   and I hope you enjoyed,
                     Yours sincerely,

*Ps: I didn't have any pictures so I got them from Google images, I didn't think about the blog when I was making it!