Jam
Ingredients
Directions
Prepare
Choose strawberries, blackberries, or raspberries.
For every 3 cups of fruit, add 2 cups of sugar for a sweeter jam, or use equal parts for a pound-for-pound ratio.
Cook
Cook the mixture for 45 minutes, stirring frequently to prevent burning.
Jar and seal
Once cooked, pour into airtight jars and seal with melted paraffin to exclude air.
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 main fruit flavour, colour and body of the jam.
- Blackberries
- Add fruit flavour, deep colour and body to the jam.
- Raspberries
- Add bright fruit flavour, colour and body to the jam.
- Sugar
- Adds sweetness, helps the jam set and acts as a preservative.
The step that matters
Stirring while the jam cooks. Sugar-rich fruit mixtures scorch easily on the bottom of the pot. Frequent stirring spreads the heat evenly and prevents burnt flavour.
“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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