Strawberry jam - 5 step-by-step recipes for the winter

Jam in its consistency resembles jam and jelly, however, it is often a dessert based on strawberry juice with whole berries. It is good to add it to baked goods or desserts made from yogurt or cottage cheese, as well as an addition to tea or coffee.

Delicious strawberry jam for the winter with gelatin

Strawberry jam turns out to be of bright color with delicate berry taste and summer aroma. It can be served with ice cream, cottage cheese desserts or baked goods. Gelatin helps the jam to maintain its jelly consistency.

Cooking time: 5 hours 30 minutes.

Cooking time: 25 min.

Servings - 8.

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  Rinse the berries, remove the spoiled ones, remove all the stalks and leaves. Fold the strawberries into a container, cover with sugar and leave for several hours so that the berries let the juice flow.
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  Heat the strawberry sugar mass over low heat, but do not let it boil. Then gently stir the strawberries and leave in a warm place for an hour.
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  After that, turn the mass into a puree with a blender, bring it to a boil, removing the foam, boil for about 5 minutes and leave warm for another hour.
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  Dissolve the gelatin in cool water, then put the strawberry puree on low heat and dissolve the gelatin in it. Add citric acid, stir the mixture well and do not let it boil after the gelatin has been added to it.
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  Pour hot strawberry jam into glass jars and seal tightly. Store in a cool, dark place after cooling.

Thick strawberry jam with agar-agar

Strawberry jam turns out to be less sweet than jam, and more useful: the cooking technology is simple and allows you to preserve the maximum of useful substances from the berries, and agar-agar is a natural product for preservation and is good for health.

Cooking time: 45 min.

Cooking time: 15 min.

Servings - 8.

Ingredients:

• Strawberry - 1 kg
• Granulated sugar - 500 gr.
• Agar agar food - 3 tsp
• Drinking water - 1 tbsp.

Cooking process:

1. Rinse the strawberries so that there is no sand in the berries, remove the stalks, cover with sugar and turn into puree.
2. Cover the berry mass with sugar and heat over medium heat for 15-20 minutes after it boils.
3. Dilute agar-agar with cool water and pour into the strawberry mass, mix and cook for another 10 minutes.
4. Prepare dry sterilized jars with tight-fitting lids.
5. Arrange the jam in containers and store in a cool, dark place.

How to prepare strawberry jam for the winter with pectin?

An easy recipe for strawberry jam, which is prepared as simply as possible, and the result will delight even those who are indifferent to fruit and berry preparations for the winter.

Cooking time: 20 min.

Cooking time: 10 min.

Servings - 8.

Ingredients:

• Strawberry - 1 kg
• Granulated sugar - 700 gr.
• Pectin - 2 tablespoons

Cooking process:

1. We sort out the strawberries, remove the stalks and spoiled berries, rinse and puree with a blender.
2. Mix the pectin with two tablespoons of sugar and add it to the strawberry mass.
3. Stir and heat over medium heat until mashed potatoes boil. Pour in the remaining sugar, mix well and bring to a boil again. Cooking for about 3 minutes.
4. We prepare the jars: wash them, sterilize them and leave them to dry completely.
5. We shift the strawberry confiture into containers, seal it tightly with lids and leave it to cool.Then we store the dessert in the cold.

A simple and delicious recipe for strawberry and banana jam

The combination of strawberry and banana transforms ordinary strawberry jam into a bright and festive dessert with the aroma of the beloved chewing gum. It is important to use ripe but firm bananas and not wrinkled strawberries.

Cooking time: 5 hours 30 minutes.

Cooking time: 15 min.

Servings - 8.

Ingredients:

• Strawberry - 1 kg
• Granulated sugar - 1 kg
• Banana - 500 gr.
• Lemon juice - 50 ml

Cooking process:

1. Sort the strawberries, leave whole and dense berries, rinse and dry. Remove the stalks and put them in a container of a suitable size.
2. Cover the strawberries with sugar, do not stir, but shake the container slightly so that the sugar is evenly distributed between the berries. Leave it on for a few hours until the strawberries let out juice.
3. Peel the bananas and cut into slices.
4. Heat the container with strawberries over low heat until the juice turns into syrup. At the same time, the berries must remain intact, so you need to mix the mass very carefully.
5. When the strawberry syrup boils, add the banana pieces to it and cook for about 5 minutes, stirring occasionally.
6. Leave the strawberry-banana mass to cool completely at room temperature, then add lemon juice to it, mix and bring to a boil again. Cook for another 5 minutes and leave to cool.
7. Pour the jam with bananas and whole strawberries into jars, close tightly and store in a cool place.

Step-by-step recipe for making strawberry jam with whole berries

Whole strawberry jam is perfect for making open pies or cakes, as well as for decorating desserts made from berries and dairy products. Lemon neutralizes the excessive sweetness of sugar and strawberries and makes the jam even more tender and delicious.

Cooking time: 30 min.

Cooking time: 10 min.

Servings - 8.

Ingredients:

• Strawberry - 1 kg
• Granulated sugar - 800 gr.
• Pectin - 20 gr.
• Lemon - ½ pc.

Cooking process:

1. We sort out the berries, rinse them from the sand and remove the stalks. We transfer clean strawberries into a suitable container and cover with sugar, leaving 100 grams separately.
2. Mix the remaining amount of sugar with pectin.
3. Bring the strawberries to a boil over medium heat and cook for about 5 minutes, stirring occasionally. Cool the strawberry mass a little.
4. Add a mixture of sugar and pectin to the strawberries, mix very gently so as not to damage the berries, and bring to a boil. Heat for another 5 minutes, and then squeeze the juice of half a lemon into the jam.
5. Bring the strawberry jam to a boil again and remove from heat. Lay out the workpiece in dry, clean jars and close them tightly. Delicious jam with whole strawberries is ready!