Fresh Strawberry Freezer Jam
2 cups (1 pint) fresh strawberries, mashed
1-1/2 cups sugar
2 teaspoons powdered fruit pectin
Using glass, microwave-safe mixing bowl, combine mashed berries, sugar, and pectin. Microwave on High 3-4 minutes, or until comes to a full rolling boil. Then reduce to Half Power and cook 5 minutes more, or until mixture is slightly thickened. Pour into hot jars or freezer containers. Cover and refrigerate or freeze.
It’s picking time for strawberries!
Have you ever gone? It’s work but there are more difficult fruits or vegetables to pick.
I like fresh jam and used to go through a more difficult cooking process. But I have since found a freezer jam that works just as well. This recipe is for a two cup batch, in case you would like to try it on those that you pick or even on those right from the store. Or you could use this on raspberries, which is another favorite of mine.
These berries pictured were picked yesterday and must be made into jam today. That’s usually the case with fresh picked when the season has been very wet. I was given a gift this year…I didn’t have to pick these. My father-in-law picked 50 lbs. himself and shared some with the family.
He picked at:
Walvoord Farm Berries - Strawberries
Hotline updated daily: 262-878-0488. 21632 Plank Road (Highway A), Kansasville, 3 miles north of Union Grove on County Highway A, 1one half miles west of Highway 45. 7 am to 6 p.m. daily. Strawberries and peas. Berry picking will start between June 15 and 19.
He’s been going there for years since Elegant Farmer stopped offering strawberry picking.
Here is a link to other area picking sites:
Pick Your Own ç here
Even if you don't want to make this recipe to put in jars and freeze, why not give this jam recipe a try to just make a bowl of it to keep in your fridge for a couple weeks for breakfast or an evening snack? It will be the best jam you ever had, because you made it. It's so easy...anyone can do it.
Well, I have to get busy...I have about a dozen jars of jam to make!
