So many strawberries!
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So many strawberries!
My local supermarket has been running a good offer (BOGOF) on strawberries this week and when they reduced them from £4 a pack to £1:99 they were actually paying me to take them away
In total I got 4.2 kg of them so I've had a go at making my own jam. I followed a recipe from a Good Housekeeping book and used 3.5kg, keeping a few back to munch through with a bit of cream and all went well but the jam didn't set as much as I expected.
I know strawberries are very low in pectin anyway but I was wondering if these 'out of season' berries have even less pectin content.
Anyway, after a short re-boil, a little extra lemon juice and checking the temperature with a digital thermometer, I am happy to say all is well and the jam has now set, albeit a little on the 'soft' side but perfectly acceptable for a strawberry jam first-timer
In total I got 4.2 kg of them so I've had a go at making my own jam. I followed a recipe from a Good Housekeeping book and used 3.5kg, keeping a few back to munch through with a bit of cream and all went well but the jam didn't set as much as I expected.
I know strawberries are very low in pectin anyway but I was wondering if these 'out of season' berries have even less pectin content.
Anyway, after a short re-boil, a little extra lemon juice and checking the temperature with a digital thermometer, I am happy to say all is well and the jam has now set, albeit a little on the 'soft' side but perfectly acceptable for a strawberry jam first-timer
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Re: So many strawberries!
It looks lovely, what time is tea? pbf
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Thank you pbf, but, ummm...afraid they're all gone now...
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Re: So many strawberries!
I love strawberries. Can't wait till we start harvesting them again. Mmmmm yummy :)
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Re: So many strawberries!
Looks delish!
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Re: So many strawberries!
Oddly enough I don't really like fresh strawberries but will happily eat them as jam. It's the texture rather than anything else with the fresh ones that I find offputting.demi wrote:I love strawberries.
I do grow them but there never seem to be enough to make into jam, I don't know why can't be anything to do with my daughter sitting in the patch so often.
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I do like them fresh if it's the ones we have grown (in pots in our courtyard - we don't have a garden ) especially for breakfast, but the supermarket ones are a bit lacking in flavour...but they're good enough for jam!
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Re: So many strawberries!
Oh no, i love eating fresh ones. We've got quite a big strawberry patch plus some lovely wild ones growing under the fruit trees in the orchard. But i usually eat them all fresh with the kids and don't have enough for jam
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Re: So many strawberries!
oh, I'm jealous now...
I've just come back from the supermarket...more strawberries reduced on the BOGOF offer...so you know what I'll be doing this afternoon
I've just come back from the supermarket...more strawberries reduced on the BOGOF offer...so you know what I'll be doing this afternoon
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