Strawberry Jam: The Classic Recipe

Incredibly delicious, it pairs perfectly with desserts, tarts, and toast. Perfect for a healthy breakfast. You can make it the classic way, or with a Thermomix, without adding sugar, or with chia seeds.

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  • Preparation time: an hour
  • Cooking time: 30 minutes
  • difficulty: media

How to make strawberry jam

Strawberries ripen quickly, and considering the cost of this precious fruit, the risk of wasting them is very high. Not only that, strawberry season isn't very long, so it's important to make the most of it. One solution, especially when you have leftover strawberries on the table, at risk of rotting or ending up in the garbage, is to turn them into a delicious jam . Use a little sugar (or perhaps honey), and follow one of the recipes we've listed. Finally, remember that strawberry jam is ideal for introducing children to the good habit of eating fruit.

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Let's see the traditional recipe for strawberry jam and its delicious variations:

Ingredients

  • 1 kg of strawberries
  • 400 grams of sugar
  • 1 lemon

Preparation

  • Wash them strawberries and remove the green stalk;
  • Cut them in half and put them to boil in a large pan with the lemon juice and sugar;
  • Pour it into sterilized jars and clean as soon as the compote has reached the desired density.

How to make strawberry jam with the Thermomix

To make strawberry jam with the Thermomix , we need to halve the quantities since the capacity of the jug, to work best, must not exceed the level indicated inside.

Ingredients

  • 500 g of strawberries
  • 200 grams of sugar
  • half a lemon

Preparation

  • Wash the strawberries and remove the stalk;
  • Put them in the Thermomix with the lemon juice and sugar: varoma, 30 min, speed 2 anticlockwise without the cap;
  • After 30 minutes replace the cap: 100°, 30 minutes speed 2;
  • Put the jam into sterilized jars, close the cap and store in a cool, dry place.

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The sugar-free variant

Strawberry jam is one of the best options to make without sugar , since strawberries are naturally sweet. Remember that making a jam without sugar reduces its shelf life . Let's see how to make it with the help of apples , which contain pectin and aid in the preservation process.

Ingredients

  • 1 kg of strawberries
  • 3 ripe apples
  • 100 ml of apple juice or centrifuged juice

Preparation

  • Wash the strawberries, remove the green stalk and put them in a pan with the apple juice;
  • Add the apples ripe, cut into pieces and cook for about two hours;
  • Pour it into jars and store for up to 2 months once the jam has reached the desired consistency.

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The variant with chia seeds

And here, finally, is another delicious variation with chia seeds :

Ingredients

  • 2 cups (400 gr) strawberries
  • 3 tablespoons of thick honey
  • 2 tablespoons of chia seeds

Preparation

  • Clean the strawberries Transfer them to a large saucepan with the honey, then cook for 5 minutes, until they break down. Mash the strawberry and honey mixture with a hand-held potato masher until you obtain a smooth purée.
  • Add the chia seeds to the puree and cook over low heat for another 20 minutes, stirring every 5 minutes or so;
  • Remove the pan from the heat and transfer the jam to a bowl to allow it to thicken as it cools;
  • Store the jam in a jar Store in an airtight container in the refrigerator: it will keep perfectly for a week.

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