Garret Strawberry Jam
Ingredients
Directions
Make the jam
Combine equal weights of strawberries and granulated sugar in a bowl.
Let the mixture stand for one hour.
Boil the mixture for seven minutes.
Thicken and jar
Pour the jam onto platters or plates.
Place the platters in a warm area to thicken the juice.
Once thickened, pour the jam into glass jars.
Transcribed from a scanned cookbook and modernised for today's kitchens. Where the book gave no heat or time, or said "a moderate oven", the temperatures and times here may be modern equivalents rather than the book's own figures.
Explore the science
What each ingredient does
- Strawberries
- Provide the fruit, flavour and natural pectin-bearing pulp that forms the jam's body.
- Granulated sugar
- Draws water out of the fruit and, with boiling, helps the jam set and preserves it.
The step that matters
Boil the mixture for seven minutes. Sugar and fruit must reach a rolling boil long enough to concentrate the juice; too little boiling leaves a runny jam that will not set.
“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.
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