Making of Strawberry Jam or Strawberry Preserve

Strawberry Jam/ Strawberry Preserve

Published: June 27, 2014

Strawberry (Fragaria vesca) is an important fruit crop of India, this is the season of Strawberries and its preserve or jam is very famous and popular in India. Strawberry jam is mostly used in breakfast menu to spread on bread and at dinner time to server with ice cream.

Prep time: 20 min Cook time: 25 min Total time: 45 min
Yield: 5 servings

Serving size: 15 grams
Calories per serving: 40
Fat per serving: 0


Ingredients:
Strawberry: 10-15
White sugar: 1 cup
Lemon Juice: 1 spoon

Directions:
1. Wash the Strawberries and keep aside to drain the water

2. Cut the Strawberries in small pieces

3. Put the non stick pan on slow heat
4. Add all small cut pieces of Strawberries in the pan stir it little bit
5. Put the lid of pan and cook it for 5 minutes on slow flame
6. Open the lid turn gas on medium to high flame and keep evaporating the water from Strawberries
7. When most moisture seems like evaporated mix 1 cup of Sugar in the pan
8. Add 1 small spoon of Lemon Juice
9. Stir the mixture till water from Sugar and Strawberries gets evaporated
10. Turn off the gas and let it cool down
11. Store the Strawberry jam in cleaned, air tight bottle to preserve

Tips:

1. Taste the Strawberry mixture before adding sugar, sometimes Strawberries are too sweet
2. Powder sugar can ease the process of water evaporation from mixture
3. Using a fresh lemon can be more effective on coagulation process of the Strawberry mixture

Serving Suggestion:

Strawberry jam can be serve as bread spread, can be serve as topping on vanilla ice- cream, can be use to make milk shake of strawberry

Nutrition Fact:

Strawberries are rich source of Vitamin C contain more of this vitamin than citrus fruits, Iron, Potassium and Dietary Fiber, and Low Calories.