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Hi, I am looking for a recipe for strawberry jam, as i went to our local garden centre today and came back with about 10lbs of strawberrys. So I thought i would have a go at making some jam

Has anyone got a recipe (can't be very hard as i am a crap cook )

Thanks

Adam, I think it's as simply as equal jamming sugar to strawbs, pound for pund. Crush strambs with sugar and gently heat till sugar has dissolved. brign to the boil for 4 mins (keep stirring) remove from the heat and drop a bit on a cold plate, wait to cool and see it if wrinkles when you touch it. If it does it's ready to pot, if it doesn't wrinkle, return to the heat for a minute or too long and repeat the 'wrinkle test' until it wrinkles.

Hope I didn't lose you there

Has to be jamming sugar not normal as strawbs don't have enough of their own pectin

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Shortie

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Thanks Shortie, I will be having ago tomorrow
Are you the little old housewife making all the preserves, bread and jam's Shortie ??

Not bread. No, I'm not a kept woman I'm afraid.

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Well... was looking into flour etc the weekend. Am thinking of giving it a go

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Hi Adam. I cheated and used jam sugar. There is a recipe on the Tate & Lyle (other brands are available) packet. It gave a lovely soft set and you put the strawbs in whole. It tasted delicious way superior to anything I've bought in a shop
Enjoy!

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Earthbabe
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Its often worth adding a little lemon juice. It helps the jam set and the flavour really 'lifts' the strawberry taste.

Hi Adam - how did your strawberry jam efforts go? never actually tried to make jam myself - but am a mean hand with the old bread maker! Could always send you a loaf across! dexterdog

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First atempt at strawberry jam this year and the recipe I used called for lemon juice to help it set, think it was a Delia recipe. Spent ages checking that it was setting using the wrinkle test thing and have now ended up with some that's too set (thought the problem was always the other way round with strawberries!). Have given my mum's old jam thermometer a new home in the hope that I'll be better next time at guessing when it will set from checking the temperature. Tastes nice though and warm toast softens it up a treat!

How did your cookery session go Adam? Can I put my order in for a jar? Dexterdog

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Dexterdog, my jam making went great and the jam tasted great to (which is amazing saying I made it)
However The jam is currently out of stock due to massive demand.
Thanks for asking

We have not done too badly on the jam this year. Blackcurrant, Blackberry, Bramley apple jelly, Crab apple jelly, Damson, Greengage, Loganberry, Plum, Quince marmalade, Redcurrant, Raspberry, Strawberry, Worcesterberry and some others what have gone from my memory.
Jam jars becoming a problem, so any fruit now is pureed, frozen and made into jam as jars become available.

WOW Palustris - that's a lot of jam!
I thought I'd done well with rhubarb & ginger, blackcurrant and plum (not together). Was going to make blackberry and apple, but blackberries just aren't right this year; went out around the normal time to pick and they weren't really developed; went out this week and they were mostly squidge!

Hi Adam! If you make some more, put me down for a jar! dexterdog

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Hi Waffler - I did the same - nipped to my fave blackberry spot and picked a few, unfortunately left it for a couple of weeks, went back and they had all gone off! what is the old saying? something about after the 11th september the devil p****s on the blackberries and then they are no good? something like that anyway! And after I'd got a lot of jars from lakeland plastics as well! dexterdog

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Don't know about the 11th september, ours developed grey mould a good three weeks ago (ie end of august). Maybe it's that north/south thing. Although I remember a rupert story that included the thing of september blackberries being no good. (good old daily express!) I think you've all done more jam than I have, although I did manage gooseberry, plum, blackberry and ginger jelly, strawberry and lots of pear variations. Now focussing on the chutnies and vegetable marrow curd.

AAARRRGGHHH! Suddenly realised today that in all this frenzied preserving I haven't started the Christmas cake.

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Earthbabe
If at first you don't succeed, open a bottle of wine.

Oh, Earthbabe... any chanc for a recipie? I've never made a chrimbo cake and am thinking of making one this year..

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Shortie I have a really simple christmas cake recipe that I make on December 1st. Then feed it with booze. It never fails. I'll send you a PM.

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Shortie, I make about seven Christmas cakes most years and always use Delia, never a flop yet. I do add more booze when soaking the fruit though.