Strawbeeey Jam
Ingredients
Directions
Prepare the fruit
Bruise the strawberries gently with the back of a wooden spoon.
Cook the jam
Boil the bruised strawberries with a small amount of water for 20 minutes, stirring until well mixed.
Add the powdered sugar equal to the weight of the fruit and simmer for an additional 30 minutes.
If a lighter jam is desired, use half the weight of sugar and boil longer.
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 flavor, color and body that the jam is built on.
- Powdered loaf sugar
- Sweetens the jam and, with boiling, helps it thicken and set while preserving it.
The step that matters
Adding the sugar and simmering. Sugar must be cooked with the fruit long enough to concentrate and reach a set point. Too little cooking leaves a runny jam, while the sugar amount controls how firm and sweet the result is.
“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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