Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!wivax!decvax!harpo!floyd!vax135!cornell!uw-beaver!tektronix!tekecs!orca!randyd From: randyd@orca.UUCP Newsgroups: net.cooks Subject: Strawberry Jam Message-ID: <1327@orca.UUCP> Date: Wed, 22-Jun-83 13:38:51 EDT Article-I.D.: orca.1327 Posted: Wed Jun 22 13:38:51 1983 Date-Received: Mon, 27-Jun-83 11:36:58 EDT Lines: 72 Here in Oregon, the strawberry crop is at its peak right now. This has been one of the best berry crops in years. So I thought I would throw out my favorite recipe for strawberry jam. This is a low sugar freezer jam. ----------------------------- Strawberry Jam - low sugar - freezer type Yeild - 1.5 to 2 pints Equipment: 3 quart sauce pan jelly bag small bowl (to catch the juice) 2 pints of freezer cartons Ingredients: 6 Cups fresh strawberries (cleaned & sliced) 3/4 Cup sugar 1 box pectin (1.5 or 2 oz) Proceedure: Heat strawberries in the saucepan over low heat until the juice starts to flow. Raise heat and bring to a boil while stirring. Boil for 5 minutes stirring continously (so it won't burn or stick). Remove from the heat. Put the cooked berries in the jelly bag and let it drip (into the bowl) for 5 minutes. Save the juice for other uses (see below). Return the pulp to the saucepan and stir in the sugar and pectin. Bring the mixture to a boil stirring continously. Boil 1 min. and remove from the heat. Put the jam into freezer cartons (If you wait too long it will get too thick to handle). Allow to cool and freeze. ------------------------------------------------------ Variations: substitute 2 cups of rhubarb for 2 cups of berries. ------------------------------------------------------ What to do with the juice: Strawberry syrup: Juice from one batch of strawberry jam (about a pint) 1/2 Cup white corn syrup (karo) 2 Cups sugar Mix the juice, sugar and syrup and bring to a rolling boil (in a saucepan on the stove or in the microwave). Remove from heat and allow it to cool. Yeild: aprox 2 cups More sugar can be used if you like thicker syrup. ------------------------------------------------------ Randy Dietrich Engineering Computing Systems Tektronix Inc. Wilsonville, Oregon, USA UUCP: ...!{ucbvax or decvax}!tektronix!tekecs!randyd (ignore return address) CSNET: tekecs!randyd @ tektronix ARPA: tekecs!randyd.tektronix @ rand-relay