Strawberry Jam

I can hear what you say; I know that we are not in the season of strawberries. But believe me or not, I saw fresh strawberries in an open market here. I just thought that they didn’t have any taste, but when I got closer to them, I felt that miraculous scent of strawberries. From then on, I was so fascinated by this scent that I didn’t care if they were inorganic or not. And without any hesitation, I immediately bought 2 kg(4.4 pounds), 1 for eating, 1 for making jam.

Strawberry jam is my favorite jam and I love it spreading on a slice of bread with a piece of white cheese on top. They together balance their sweetness and salinity and make a great choice of breakfast.

Cilek Receli

Ingredients
•    1 kg (2.2 pound) strawberries
•    1 kg sugar
•    Half lemon, juice only

Wash the strawberries very well changing the water in the bowl several times. There shouldn’t be any sand or soil left. Cut their stems and put them in a pot. Then add sugar on it. Put its lid on and wait these strawberries for a day. After a day, there should be no sugar, all melted and strawberries should release their juice and should be floating.

Now you can take this pot on medium heat and boil it for about 45 minutes. It will get denser.Take the floams with a slotted spoon. You can check if it’s done or not by dropping some on a plate. If that doesn’t flow easily when you bow the plate, it’s cooked.

Then add lemon juice and bring it to boil a few times. Then you can pour the jam in glass jars and let it cool.

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About the Author

Her love of cooking started as a little child by messing her mom's dishes up! Despite all her mom's effort to teach her how to cook, she was happy as an 'assistant'. What made her want to jump to an upper level was her dad's compliments for the first dish she made herself. Finally, her husband, who claims that ancient humans were stronger than we are today as their main food source was meat, helped her love cooking meat dishes and improving vegetable dishes to make them more edible for him!

15 Comments on "Strawberry Jam"

Natasha - 5 Star Foodie February 24, 2009 at 11:58 am · Reply

Yummy! I love strawberry jam and also cherry preserves!
Amy Wilson February 24, 2009 at 12:15 pm · Reply

Since I live in California, I see fresh strawberries all the time. I’ll give this a try!
OysterCulture February 24, 2009 at 12:23 pm · Reply

I love strawberry jam – to me that’s a sure sign spring is on the way – hurray!
Zerrin February 24, 2009 at 12:34 pm · Reply

Natasha, Amy Wilson, OysterCulture – Thank you all. Strawberry and cherry are great in breakfast.
Regina February 24, 2009 at 1:05 pm · Reply

YUM! Mix in some cream cheese and spread on a bagle, or just spoon in your mouth!
Daily Spud February 24, 2009 at 1:28 pm · Reply

I adore chunky homemade strawberry jam – that looks glorious!
Fearless Kitchen February 25, 2009 at 9:39 am · Reply

I found some blackberries in the store the other day and had the same thought as you did – I don’t care that they aren’t in season. They smelled so good!
vrinda February 25, 2009 at 2:45 pm · Reply

My hubby make pineapple jam,never tried strawberry jam…i like strawberry jam….Thanx for ur comments zerrin…Maida is
all purpose flour,Rava is semolina or cream of Wheat.Use brown sugar instead of jaggery…
Mama Chicken February 27, 2009 at 3:35 pm · Reply

I have always wanted to try this! I love the big pieces of whole strawberry! My strawberries will be in the ground soon – If I can manage to pry some out of the kids hands, maybe I can try it!
Graeme February 28, 2009 at 12:23 pm · Reply

I love jammed Strawberries more than fresh actually. They retain their flavour, but get all squidy. Nice.
Dimah March 1, 2009 at 12:32 pm · Reply

Yummy, I love strawberry jam, and that look delicious.
eric March 23, 2009 at 3:21 pm · Reply

I’m starting to work on a few jam recipes. So this is a great post for me to be looking at right now.

Thanks for sharing,

Eric
Kristal L. Rosebrook May 1, 2009 at 11:31 pm · Reply

Great Site.

Kristal L. Rosebrook
Gail May 21, 2009 at 4:50 pm · Reply

Yummmmm! I LOVE strawberry jam and your photo makes it look so tempting!