Strawberry Jewels (Canning)
- Ready In:
- 45mins
- Ingredients:
- 3
- Yields:
-
1 1/2 quarts
ingredients
- 5 lbs firm strawberries, hulled
- 5 cups sugar
- 1⁄4 cup fresh lemon juice
directions
- In large shallow bowl sprinkle half strawberries with 1 cup of sugar. Add remaining strawberries and sprinkle with another cup of sugar. Cover and let stand overnight at room temperature.
- Transfer mixture to a colander set over a preserving pan and let juices drain. Stir remaining 3 cups of sugar into pan and cook over low heat, stirring, until dissolved.
- Bring syrup to a boil and add reserved strawberries and lemon juice. Boil 5 minutes. Transfer berries to colander with a slotted spoon and set over a bowl.
- Boil syrup 5 minutes, or until reduced slightly. Add strawberry juices accumulated in bowl, boiling mixture until the amount added is reduced.
- Add berries to the syrup and boil 5 minutes, or until jellying point is reached. Remove pan from heat and allow jam to cool 10 minutes.
- Spoon into warm sterilized jars and seal. (I boiled them for 10 minutes).
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RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
EURrosa1
United States