Yesterday I invented this lovely red currant strawberry jam! Yes, a simple combined jam but a very good delicious one too! π
Recipe: For a whole lot of jam!
Ingredients:
1 kg red juicy red currants, cleaned, pad dry & no stalks please!
680 gr juicy ripe strawberries, cleaned, hulled & each cut up into 2 or 4
500 gr sugar jam that only needs 3 minutes of cooking
extra needed: sterilized jam pots & lids, a funnel, a smaller soup ladle
Method:
1.Β Take a fitted large cooking pot & add your red currants & strawberry halves in it. Add jam sugar & mix it through the berries with a spoon. Leave it to rest for at least 3 hours. The berries will absorb a lot of the sugar. Now, before boiling, I mashed a lot of my berries with a potato masher, like 25 times. That is what I want. You can leave them whole, if you like but you need many red currants to pop because they have that glorious pectin in them! π
2.Β Heat up on medium heat. When boiling, lower your heat & let the mix boil for 3 minutes, stirring often. This is all said on the package. Fill, your hot jam into your jam pot until nearlyΒ full, with help of a funnel & soup paddle. Place the fitted lid really good on. Turn the pots upside down to make it vacuΓΌm.Β Be careful not to spill any jam, it will be really hot!Β When cooled down, turn jam pots back & label them. Store them in a cool dry place for later use. Enjoy!Β π Β β₯Β Stay Tuned & subscribe by email! Join 1,800 email subscribers now!!! It is free!!!! Click the link here below to subscribe!!!
The combination of red currants and strawberries sounds delicious, kind of like rhubarb and strawberry. I love jam and really love making it. There is a special sugar for jam, I never knew that. I have to look for it. That jam is a beautiful vivid shade of red.
Thanks, sweet Suzanne! Enjoy! Xxx
I too did not know about sugar jam, will look it up to learn more. Love your fruits combo. Are the fruits from your garden?
Yes, yes, Norma, all from the garden! π
The fruits of our hard labour taste so much better!
Congratulations!
I totally agree.
I’m a jam fan… Looks like another great one!
Thanks, Koko & just sweet enough, not too sweet! Enjoy! π
You will enjoy your hard work all year round now, preserving these lovely fruits into jam!
I will & I will post other dessert recipes with them soon, Linda! π xo!
More yummy jam! I love making jam and then I love eating it!
Me too! xxx
Beautiful and a perfect gift
I agree here, dear Tammy! π x
Fantastic! I love the combo of red currants and strawberry.
Before, I never tried this lovely combination! π I love it too, now! π
We made your lovely jam & loved it too! π
Very tasty!
Thanks so much, Sean & Linda! π
What a fabulous combination – that must taste wonderful.
Ooh yes! Not too sweet either, so that the flavor of the fruits pre vale!
Home made jam is the best!
Hmmm, sugar jam is new to me too, will research to see if it’s available here. Red currant and strawberry sounds delightful.
Ooh yes, Eva & I let the flavors of the fruits come first! π
Looks delicious!
It really is, dear Bernice!