Despite my best efforts to meal plan and only buy necessary items from the grocery store, I found three large tubs of strawberries in our fridge this morning. The first two must have lurking at the back when I made my shopping list yesterday. So I googled ‘strawberry recipes’ and came across this one for Quick Strawberry Jam from Martha Stewart.
It is a slight departure from my usual attempts to make healthy foods with not too much added sugar. But everything in moderation, right?
I altered the recipe slightly to include a little corn starch and lengthen the cooking time. Nevertheless, this was still a ridiculously easy and very fast way to make delicious strawberry jam without preservatives or high fructose corn syrup. Plus, there is far less sugar than in many jam recipes, but the result is still very sweet and tasty.
Easy Homemade Strawberry Jam
(Printable recipe)
- 1.5 lbs strawberries, hulled (green bits removed)
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 2 tbsp lemon juice
- 1/2 tsp cornstarch
Method
1. Put the strawberries in a food processor and pulse until coarse.
2. Mix the strawberries, sugar, lemon juice, and cornstarch in a large skillet and place over a medium-high heat.
3. Cook the mixture stirring regularly for around 25 minutes, until it has thickened slightly. It should be bubbling the whole time.
4. Pour into jars and let it cool.
Did you know you can change the course of your health just by eating the right food? I am here to show you how you can eat simple healthy food without stress, guilt, or shame.
Looks great and so simple. I always associated jam with a lot of hard work, bubbling sugar and the straining of fruit. This looks super easy. Thanks for sharing.
That’s what I always thought as well. But not this recipe. I was pleasantly surprised.
That jam looks delicious! I just made strawberry jam a couple of weeks ago but the method was totally different. I like how you processed the strawberries in a food processor first. I’ll have to give this a try!
I love how easy this method was. I always thought of jam as a long, involved process.
This looks delicious! I had no idea that was the process for jam! Would love to have this on some toast for breakfast 🙂
Thanks. I had no idea either. It is not the ‘normal’ jam making process, but it still makes delicious jam. And it was very easy – always a bonus.
Definitely!
This looks delicious and so simple to make too! My kind of recipe. Thanks for sharing
Thank you Anne. Yes, I love a simple recipe too. No time for the complicated ones!