Strawberry jam

[april1693]

I have 1.4kg of strawberries (hulled). How much sugar and lemon juice do I need to make jam? Thanks x

[Nibble]

You'll have to adjust the quantity of sugar and lemon as needed

http://www.bbc.co.uk/...s/strawberryjam_90294

I'd suggest same ammount of sugar & juice of 1 lemon

[april1693]

Brilliant Nibble, thank you so much. I've made other jams before but never strawberry as it's supposedly difficult to set. Fingers crossed it turns out ok!

[puzzled54]

Try using the sugar with pectin added. I have always had trouble getting strawberry jam to set, but I used jam sugar last week and I was really pleased with it. The recipe is on the pack. 800g strawberries to 1kg sugar.

[atalanta]

It is very difficult to set. You should add either gooseberries or pectin. Gooseberries have a great deal of pectin, and make very little difference to the flavour of the jam, but strawberries alone will not result in a decent set.

[april1693]

Well folks it's made - and appears to have set pretty well! It's maybe a little runnier than other jam I've made before but it's set nonetheless! Thanks for all your help x

[askyourgran]

My friend has just given me a jar of her strawberry jam, it is a bit runnier than others but it is lovely, couldn't resist it on new bread.

[vodkancoke]

1.4kg of strawberries takes 1.4kg of jam sugar and 1/2-1 lemon juiced. The jam sugar already has the pectin in it so no need to add any more.

[Smowball]

If you have a breadmaker you can make jam in that! I did and it was lovely.

[april1693]

I've made 2 dozen scones and just about to put my granny's old cast iron griddle on to make soda farls - there won't be much jam left by tea time!!

[Smowball]

Oooh scones!! yummmm

[what..the?]

btw be careful if cooking on a ceramic or induction hob top as I messed up mine when I spilt the tinyest of hot jam, you have to wipe it up imediately

[askyourgran]

Off to make some scones now.