This Quick One Punnet Strawberry Jam (1st prize-winning) is a quick & delicious, small-batch recipe that requires no added pectin or special equipment. If you’re from across the pond a punnet is the plastic container you get strawberries in!
If you’re looking for a soft set, homemade strawberry jam recipe that is super quick and easy and requires no jam sugar or added pectin, you’ve come to the right place!
In July 2014, my Quick One Punnet Strawberry Jam won 1st Prize in the Byfleet Parish Day Show!
It was to be my 2nd year running winning 1st prize as the previous year I won with my Peach & Apricot Jam!
So as the photography was so poor and this is such a popular jam I remade it this week and took some fresh shots to give it the justice it deserves.
I also updated the recipe with more precise information about the quantity it yields.
I’m a stickler for detail and I think that’s why my jam recipes are so popular or at least that’s the feedback I get from you the lovely reader!
I originally made this no-pectin Quick One Punnet Strawberry Jam for my Victoria Sandwich.
Inspired by watching the contestants of Great British Bake Off I decided to knock up a small batch of jam using the remainder of a large box of strawberries I had in the fridge.
Not having planned my jam I didn’t have any spare jam jars to hand so I grabbed a short glass (the type you buy that famous chocolate hazelnut spread in) from my dishwasher and put it in a warm oven for 20 minutes.
The beauty of this jam is that you don’t need to own a huge preserving pan as your largest saucepan should be fine.
I used half my jam in my Victoria Sandwich and the other half we enjoyed with scones and clotted cream.
My first attempt had far too much lemon juice so I reduced it to 1 tsp for my second attempt which was perfect; I don’t like stiff jam that you can stand a spoon up in!
My husband didn’t notice anything wrong with my first batch and I overheard him raving about it and the Victoria Sandwich to his mother!
So the funny thing was that my Quick One Punnet Strawberry Jam was never intended to be entered into the Parish Show.
As my Peach & Apricot Jam had won the previous year (much to my disbelief as I’d only just started making jam) I thought I’d need to enter something along those lines again.
Hence I decided to create a Cherry & Apple Jam but my lack of experience meant that I didn’t factor in the high pectin level from the apples and I boiled the jam for far too long and ended up with jam akin to concrete.
So, with no time to start afresh, I grabbed a recently made jar of my Quick One Punnet Strawberry Jam and entered that instead.
I expected it to go nowhere as it was just plain old strawberry jam and nothing fancy.
There was no one more surprised than me when it won first prize!
You can scale my Quick One Punnet Strawberry Jam recipe up to whatever size punnet of strawberries you have.
Just use equal prepared strawberry to sugar weight and then scale the lemon juice up as necessary, a little extra boiling will also be needed to reach setting point.
It’s best to use a digital thermometer and start testing for set at 105C if changing the quantities.
However, smaller batches work far better so try to keep to one punnet!
If you’ve never made jam before I hope this small-batch strawberry jam recipe will inspire you to take the plunge.
You can have delicious jam potted up within 20 minutes (the actual jam only takes about 10 minutes to make on the hob)!
How long will this Strawberry Jam Keep?
This jam is best eaten within 12 months for colour and quality but will be safe for years. Just keep it in a cool, dry, dark place. Once opened, keep it in the fridge and use it within a few months.
More Strawberry Jam Recipes
Once you’ve made my Quick One Punnet Strawberry Jam, try the following strawberry jams!
- Strawberry & Gin Jam
- Strawberry Jam (made with jam sugar)
- Rhubarb & Strawberry Jam
- Strawberry & Peach Jam
- Strawberry & Elderflower Jam
- Strawberry, Raspberry & Redcurrant Jam
- Summer Fruits Jam
- Tutti Frutti Jam
- Whole Strawberry & Vanilla Preserve
- Speedy Summer Berry Jam
Here’s a picture of my Strawberry Jam with its 1st Prize Winning certificate from my original post!
So if you’ve never made jam before this small batch of strawberry jam is the perfect place to start!
Great for a last-minute cream tea with scones and clotted cream or just spread on toast etc! I can’t recommend this recipe enough.
Pin One Punnet Strawberry Jam for later!
NB: Originally posted on 14 May 2014.
Leave a comment and rating below when you’ve made this recipe; I love getting your feedback! You can also share your pictures by tagging @FabFood4All over on Instagram.
Quick One Punnet Strawberry Jam
Equipment
- 2 Saucers
- 1 Digital scale
- 1 potato masher
- 1 Wooden spoon
- 1 Large saucepan
- 1 teaspoon
- 1 Large metal spoon
- 1 small ladle or jam funnel
- 1 Table knife
- 1 Paring knife
- 1 240 ml glass jar and lid
Ingredients
- 230 g Hulled strawberries washed & dryed (1 punnet)
- 230 g Granulated sugar equal to prepared strawberry weight
- 1 tsp Lemon juice freshly squeezed
- A knob of unsalted butter optional
Instructions
- Put the strawberries in a large saucepan and crush with a potato masher (leave some texture).
- Add the sugar and lemon juice.
- Heat gently, stirring with a wooden spoon until all the sugar has dissolved.
- Increase heat to bring to a rolling boil and then time for 5 minutes whilst stirring with a wooden spoon (to stop jam from sticking to pan)..
- Remove pan from heat.
- Next, test for set by placing a few drops of jam on a chilled saucer and place in fridge for 30 seconds.
- Then run your finger through the jam on the saucer and if it forms a crinkle and is tacky it’s ready.
- If not boil for another minute and retest until ready.
- Skim any scum from the surface with a metal spoon and add a small knob of butter to disperse any remaining scum if you wish.
- Ladle into a 240 ml sterilised jar and seal with lid immediately.
- Once cool, store in a cool, dry, dark place.
Notes
Put 2 saucers in the freezer.
Sterilise jar by washing in hot soapy water (or take straight from dishwasher), fill with boiling water, empty and then place in oven for 20 minutes at 140°C where you leave until the jam is ready. Washed lid should be sterilised with boiling water and then left to drain.
Anne Thomson
I’ve made this jam a few times and it is delicious. I gave some to a friend who has two small children and one of them will no longer eat any other strawberry jam now. Thanks so much for sharing this recipe.
Camilla
Aww, that’s so wonderful to hear Anne, thank you for sharing.
Jenny
Omg just made this and it worked!! The taste is amazing. Thank you for producing this recipe.
Camilla
So glad you like the recipe Jenny. Hope you try some more of my jams now:-)
Christina
You are the jam-making queen! I know how much you recipe test before sharing all of your recipes with us (which many others NEVER do) which is why I trust that your recipes are solid. Thank you for this award-winning recipe!
Camilla
Aw, thank you so much Christina. My recipes and in particular my jam recipes are like children to me so I’m very protective over them:-)
Alison
I’ve made this jam several times, plus your versions for cherry jam and apricot jam. Even tried a mixed berry version with fruits from the garden. Always turns out perfect, soft-set and delicious! Quick and easy too, thank you xx
Camilla
Awesome Alison, so very glad you like the recipe:-)
Aggie
FINALLY a strawberry jam recipe that works! My third attempt this year and now you have come up with the perfect recipe. THANK YOU!
Camilla
Wow Aggie, I’m blown away with receiving a lovely comment from you. Was an avid watcher of How Clean is your House back in the day and never missed an episode. So glad you like the recipe, it’s been hear many years so sorry you missed seeing it before now. You might also like my new Strawberry & Gin Jam with a hint of vanilla which is utterly divine and makes 2 x 200 ml jars:-) https://www.fabfood4all.co.uk/strawberry-gin-jam/
Glynis Bright
Like you I had made a Victoria sponge for a friend’s birthday. As I had some home grown strawberries I wanted a quick jam recipe to make the cake extra special. I’m so pleased I found your recipe, I didn’t realise jam making was so easy! Delicious jam!
Camilla
Awesome Glynis, I bet your Victoria Sandwich went down a storm:-)
Clara Jay
We are going to try your recipe with our Beaver and Cub Scouts for our Christmas community involvement project. We are making cards for a local nursing home and a couple of jars of jam. The residents are then going to have a cooking class to bake scones for the gifted jam 🙂
Clara from Ireland !
Camilla
Aaw, that’s lovely Clara, good luck with it all:-)
Jemma
I love this very simple Recipe. We don’t eat a lot of jam or have loads of jars available so this is perfect for us. Could I do the same but other fruits too? I have blue berries being given to me and won’t eat them all just wondering
Camilla
Hi Jemma, you could adapt my Blueberry Jam and scale down the ingredients: https://www.fabfood4all.co.uk/simple-blueberry-jam-no-pectin-just-3-ingredients/ And the same goes for any of my other jam recipes but the timings would be quicker so you might want to invest in a digital thermometer to guide you as to when the jam has reached setting point. Jam sets at 104 – 105.5C.
Elle
Excellent recipe, first tried with home grown strawberries, today I’m trying wild blackberry.
Camilla
Thank you Elle, good luck!
Sheilah
Thank Goodness I found your recipe ! Absolutely lovely ! Thank you.
Camilla
So pleased that you like it Sheilah:-)
Dawn goundry
This jam sounds amazing could I use a baby’s steriliser for bottles for the jars and lids and then rinse with boiling water out of kettle
Camilla
Hi, thank you Dawn, I can only vouch for the method that I’ve written I’m afraid. The jars need to go into the oven.
Chantelle
How long does the jam last please, I would like to make in advance for Christmas hampers:)
Camilla
Hi Chantelle, I’ve added this information to the post now so thank you for asking this. It’s best eaten within 12 months for colour and quality but will be safe to eat for years. Just keep in a cool, dry, dark place. Once opened, keep in the fridge and use within a few months.
Barbara
I would just like to thank you for sharing this recipe. It is the best jam I have ever made. I have made three lots this week alone. I used less sugar in one lot, added half a peeled and grated apple and a teaspoon more lemon juice and it came out okay too. Do you have a recipe for orange marmalade at all. Once again thank you for sharing.
Camilla
Excellent Barbara, so glad you like the strawberry jam. You can always search for recipes on my blog by clicking on the top right where there’s a picture of a looking glass and then type in what you’re looking for. I have one marmalade recipe here: https://www.fabfood4all.co.uk/simple-shredless-orange-marmalade/
fmpix
I am a hopeless baker and cook with no patience but we had a ridiculous amount of strawberries after a PYO farm trip so I thought I’d give jam a go! This was really easy to follow, even for a novice and two unruly children (the hardest thing was sterilising the jar) and it tastes delicious! Thanks for sharing! 🙂
Camilla
So glad you like the recipe and managed it with your kids in tow:-) Hopefully you’ll try some more of my jam recipes now!
Hollie Cox
Can I use a lime instead of lemon?
Camilla
Yes that’s fine.
Karen
Just made this jam and it was absolutely beautiful, all my family loved it and so quickly to make, no more shop bought jam for me
Camilla
Excellent Karen, so glad you liked it:-)
Sue attfield
If I double up the qty of fruit and sugar should I do the same with the boiling time?.
Camilla
In my Strawberry & Elderflower Jam recipe 1kg of strawberries takes 14 minutes. I would probably start testing at around 8 minutes or use a sugar/digital thermometer if you have one, set should be around 105 C.
Jenny
I also need for a Victoria Sponge but I dont like the jam too runny. Assuming your jam doesn’t ooze out of a made cake?
Camilla
Hi Jenny, never had this jam run anywhere or ooze out of the cake:-) You can see it in a Victoria Sponge here: https://www.fabfood4all.co.uk/victoria-sandwich/
Paul
I have jam sugar can I use this as a replacement for granulated sugar ?
Camilla
You could use jam sugar and the first jam recipe I ever posted was with jam sugar https://www.fabfood4all.co.uk/strawberry-jam/ but I much prefer the consistency using just granulated sugar and lemon juice.
Carol Smith
This sounds just what I have been looking, however I would like to make this for a dear friend that has diabetes, could I substitute some or all of the sugar with Silver Spoon “half Spoon” sugar? Thank You.
Camilla
Hi Carol, I’m afraid I’ve never tried and am not familiar with this sugar. The sugar acts as a preservative so if it did set then it would probably be best kept in the fridge and eaten within a few weeks.
Pauli
Can I make this jam with frozen berries if strawberries are out of season?
Camilla
Yes, you can use frozen fruit for any jam recipe but it just won’t be quite as good as using fresh fruit.
T
Thanks for such a great and easy recipe! I would love to give these as gifts – how long can they keep and are they cooled/stored in the fridge or room temp?
Camilla
Hi T, the jam will keep in a cool dark place for years but is best eaten in the first year. Once open store in the fridge where it will last a good few months if not longer:-)
Neeta Karjodkar
I tried this recipe and it came out PERFECT!!!
Everyone in the house loves it . Thank you so much X
Camilla
Excellent Neeta, thank you for taking the time to give your feedback:-)
Alison
Thank you so much, I was looking too use up a punnet of squashy strawberries so I googled “foolproof strawberry jam”. This is a total winner! I had to add about double the lemon juice as I only had the bottled stuff, but it still worked brilliantly.
Camilla
Excellent Alison, so glad you like the recipe. The reason you needed to add more lemon juice was because your strawberries were very ripe by the sounds of things so therefore they had a far lower pectin level (they are low in pectin to start with). So for any other jam recipe the same quantity of lemon juice should be fine providing your fruit is “just ripe”.
Lynne
Hi – my son is planning on using this recipe for his GCSE food tech practical (to go in Swiss roll)! Does the jam need to be poured into a hot jar or can it be room temp? He would need to make and use in quick timeframe as being timed!
Thank you!
Lynne
Camilla
Hi Lynne, if the jam is to be used immediately I would just put it into a bowl or jar, ideally warmed but should be ok room temp. He just doesn’t want to risk heat/cold shock to the glass which can cause it to shatter, usually only happens when a jar is very cold and meets something very hot. Another way to ensure total safety would be to put it into a metal bowl or simply use straight from the pan.
Eileen
hi. Made this with my 8 and 10 year old grandaughters. We try to make homemade gifts for special family and friends and thought id try it with them.They were thrilled with the results and as it was during lockdown it was a lovely new activity to do. The jam was put into a lovely cake and scones they also made themselves. We made an afternoon tea. It made for such a nice afternoon. I was just wondering as it is not made with jam sugar, will it keep well if made in a larger batch. The girls now want to make jam for Christmas gifts. Also can I use bottled lemon juice.
Thank you gor the lovely recipe.
Camilla
Hi Eileen, so glad you have been enjoying the recipe with your grand children:-) Jam sugar has pectin in it and has nothing to do with keeping quality it just makes for stiff jam in my opinion which is why I don’t use it. This jam is shelf stable and at it’s best in the first year but would keep for years in a cool dark place. The bigger the batch of jam you make the harder it will be to get a set and this is especially true with strawberry jam. I wouldn’t go any further than doubling this recipe, perhaps you could have 2 pots on the stove at once. Remember it will take longer to reach setting point ad yes you can use bottled lemon juice but I’ve only ever used fresh.
Angie Robertson
If the jam has been put in jars and gone cold,But it is too runny, Can i re boil it? It tastes delicious.
.
Camilla
Hi Angie, happens to the best of us at least once! Yes you certainly can reboil, here’s an post I wrote about this! https://www.fabfood4all.co.uk/greengage-jam-and-what-to-do-when-your-jam-is-too-runny/
Sarah
I’ve always avoided making jam Because I found it a bit intimidating… but in stumbled on this recipe and decided to give it a go. It’s absolutely amazing, the recipe itself is super easy to follow. I too had scrapings left in a chocolate spread jar that was repurposed. Thank you!
Camilla
Excellent Sarah, I hope you go on to try some more of my jam recipes now that you know there’s nothing to be scared of:-)
Rebecca
Made jam for the first time this morning following this recipe which was easy to follow and the jam tastes great – thank you
Camilla
So glad you like the recipe Rebecca, I hope you make some more of my jams now:-)
Julie wills
I like your recipes but jam is runny is this how it should be please can you help thanks julie
Camilla
Hi Julie, is it still runny after having put it in the fridge and does it run off say a scone? If the answer is yes then you probably needed to boil it a little longer. You could tip it back in a pan and re-boil for a minute at a time as it should take long to boil off the extra moisture. This isn’t a firm set jam but it shouldn’t run off the surface you spread it on either.
Shelagh in Scotland
Thank you so much for your one punnet jam recipe. This is the 3rd time I have attempted to make jam, but the first which was successful! I have made it three times now and look forward to trying raspberries next, when they are more abundant. I have your page saved to my home screen so I don’t “lose” you
Camilla
Aaw, so glad you like my recipe and honoured to be on your home screen:-)
Karen
I’ve made this with raspberries just as good family loved it x
Camilla
Fab, I do have a raspberry jam on blog too but for a larger amount:-)
Gary
Tried this today with my little girl (6) – first time making Jam! Can’t believe how easy the recipe it and how well it turned out!! We both enjoyed making it.
Camilla
Aaw, that’s lovely to hear. A great lesson for your young daughter, what a good dad you are!
Rachael
Just made this. Thank you for the simple steps, the jam came out beautifully and I will be gifting it to friends and family 🙂
Camilla
Excellent, so glad you like it:-)
Lynn
Hiya I picked too many strawberries from my garden for tea. Tried making your jam, first time ever and I’m pleased to say it’s a success! Thank you.
Camilla
Excellent Lynn, so pleased you made jam for the first time, hopefully it will spur you on to try some of my other fab and easy jam recipes:-)
Jo
Perfect recipe for my not very sweet allotment strawberries. Just keep testing to see if its thickened up enough though. Mine also went a lovely burgundy red when is was ready. The knob of butter trick worked a treat too!
Camilla
Great Jo, glad you like the recipe. Wish I had some strawberry plants!
rowe price
Doing this recipe for a school project to go with crepes, hopefully works well 🙂
Camilla
I’m sure it will be a great success:-)
Paul
Daughter making today as school GCSE practice (things have changed a lot since I was a young lad). Not sure how it will work out but thanks for putting it up for her to try out 🙂
Reviews sound great so I look forward to it. Bit of clotted cream and a scone, that is my hope 🙂
Thanks
Paul
Camilla
How exciting! I wish we’d made jam at school and I hadn’t gone for several decades before I started making it! Do let me know how she got on.
cheryl antal
could i make this jam with half strawberries and half raspberries
Camilla
Hi Cheryl, I don’t see why not. It might affect the setting point (time) so just bare that in mind!
Deb
1 cup of puréed strawberries equals 231 grams
Camilla
You don’t want to puree the strawberries in this recipe or you’ll lose the lovely texture of this jam.
Sue walker
I’ve got a kilo of strawberries can I use granulated sugar
Camilla
Hi Sue, it says “granulated sugar” in the recipe. I wouldn’t do the whole 1 kg of strawberries in one pan as it will take much longer to get to setting point and I hear this said often when people try to up my recipes too much. So I would split this between 2 pans to be sure of a good and timely set.
Elly
Me and my son made ours today after getting 5kg of strawberry’s from our allotment. It is so delicious.
Camilla
Ooh, I bet it tasted fab, home grown strawberries always taste better!
Kerry
How lomg does this last in the fridge? First time jam maker!! Also do you literally spoon it in hot to the jar and refrigerate straight away?
Camilla
Hi Kerry, this jam and all my jams will keep in a cool dark place for a few years but once opened should be kept in the fridge and consumed within about 3 months (but can last longer) just make sure you always serve it with a clean spoon. The jam should be allowed to cool before storing and as I said can be stored in a cupboard. I store mine in a cupboard in the garage as nice and cool out there.
All That I'm Eating
I’ve seen you mention this recipe Camilla and I think it’s such a good jam introduction for people who haven’t made jam before. If I have any strawberries that don’t make it into my mouth I really want to give this a try.
Camilla
Thanks, yes this really is a great jam recipe to get the jam making ball rolling:-)
Clare
had 2 punnets of strawberries in fridge out of date today looking a bit soft just used your recipe, blooming lovely 1 large jar 2 smaller ones really pleased with it thank you
Camilla
Great Clare, so glad you like the recipe-)
Clare
had 2 punnets of strawberries in fridge out of date today looking a bit soft just used your recipe, blooming lovely 1 large jar 2 smaller ones really pleased with it thank you It was just so easy tastes great
Camilla
Fabulous Clare:-)
Deb
Hi. How long does this jam last & can you store as for all other ‘long version’ recipes? Thanks
Camilla
Hi Debs, yes you can store this jam for as long as any other jam, usually best within a year but can last way beyond (in a cool, dark place, I use my garage). Once open keep in the fridge and eat within 3 months but I really don’t think storage will be a problem as you’ll want to eat it all up:-)
John
Currently eating a pineapple version of this, tastes great. Needed to boil for about seven minutes. No need to conserve it as it won’t last long, lol.
Camilla
Fabulous John, never had pineapple jam:-)
Berni Lonergan
Can’t wait to try this just nipping out for strawberries now! Wish me luck!! X
Camilla
Excellent:-) How did it go?
Jenny
As you have mentioned your jam will last twelve months and when open keep in the fridge how lon can it safely stay in the fridge once opened. Thanks I’m off shopping to buy some jars and ingredients so I’ve got some jam for chistmas,a new kitchen,new jam and a lovel Xmas what more can I want.
Camilla
Jam can last years and once open in fridge it will last as long as any other jam but depends on whether it gets contaminated with a dirty knife etc but I’m pretty sure once you open this jam you won’t find any storage problems as it will be gone before you know it! I would say it would be best eaten within 3 months but again it may last longer. I have never had to test the time though as this recipe is a small batch one for one punnet so gets eaten really quickly!
Suzy
Hi I had a glut of strawberries from my sons garden and made this jam for him in August 10 jars to be precise. He opened his first jar today as he works abroad. The problem is that is has set but not enough to stay on the bread in a thick layer just about manage a thin spread.
Please is there a way I can save the other 9 jars i.e. is it possible to reboil Really only good enough as a delicious strawberry sauce. Thank you in anticipation Suzy
Camilla
Hi Suzy, yes just tip it back into the pan, re-sterilise the jars and carry on boiling until you form a crinkle on a chilled saucer. This recipe was designed for a small amount of strawberries so I’m not sure what weight you used but there is a weight at which jam isn’t happy but perhaps your jars aren’t huge. I did have similar happen to me recently with my Greengage Jam which you can read about here: https://www.fabfood4all.co.uk/greengage-jam-and-what-to-do-when-your-jam-is-too-runny/ Hope you get your jam “fixed”:-) x
Suzy
Hi Just to let you know I did what you said and reboiled the jam and it WORKED HOORAY I wish I knew that before as I made Apple Jelly for Xmas fete and it set in the middle of the jars and when I turned them upside down the solid mass flopped down. Many thanks for your advice Regards Suzy x
Camilla
Yay, glad you saved all your fruit and hard work:-) Camilla x
Angie
Have never made Strawberry Jam before, was so easy and everybody loved it, about to make more
Camilla
Excellent Angie, so glad you liked it:-)
James
Just made this and it tastes great. It was so quick that I could do it while my toddler had a nap!
Camilla
Excellent James, so glad you like it:-)
Hayley Gilfoyle
I made your jam!
Its super easy and yummy, just wondering how long it will keep for, roughly.
Thanks hails
Camilla
Fabulous Hayley:-) At least a year if not longer but I don’t think you’ll be able to resist it for that long:-) Keep in a cool dark place and once opened in the fridge:-) Camilla x
Roslyn Kerr
Made this jam with my 7 year old niece and we loved it! Delicious and easy…thanks alot!
Camilla
That’s great Roslyn, thank you so much for letting me know and so glad you like it:)
Sam McKean
You can’t beat a good homemade strawberry jam and i’m always buying strawberries on clearance!
Camilla
Totally true:-)
Richard Eldred Hawes
I do like strawberry jam on my toast in the morning
Camilla
Fab, hope you get to make this quick recipe:-)
Ashley
How should I store the jam and for how long is it good?
Camilla
Once open it’s best to keep it in the fridge. I don’t think storage will be an issue as it’s so delicious but should last in the fridge until you’ve finished it, which in our house is about 2 weeks but I’m sure it would be good for 2 – 3 months or more. If it hasn’t been opened jam will keep in a cool dark place for at least a year and often far, far longer! Again this shouldn’t be an issue with such a small batch;-)
Ashley
Thank you! I made it and it’s yummy!
Camilla
Brilliant, glad you liked it:-)
Hazel Rea
Such a great idea – next summer we will use it to make jam with Hapil from the PYO farm – this variety is not available in supermarkets as it does not travel well but it has the most amazing flavour.
Camilla
Sounds great:-)
Lesley
Thank you Camilla, My husband and l have retired and now live in France with our daughter, son in law and three teenage granddaughters. This is our first year here and I have started making jellies and jams for the first time in many years. Principally using the glut of apples we have from the orchard and the mint which is rampant our hedgerows. However I had some strawberries and thought I would look for a recipe on the web that was easy and reasonably quick.
Wow ! I have just finished making your recipe and again, WOW ! So quick and easy and tasty, so tasty that two of the girls were dipping teaspoons into the final jar and eating the still warm jam ! If that isn’t a great recommendation, I don’t know what is. I will need to go and buy some more berries and make some more because I have a feeling the 3 remaining jars won’t last long !
We have plenty of big juicy wild rose hips, so I was wondering if you have a good recipe using these. I think I remember my grandmother saying you shouldn’t pick them until after the first frost, is that correct ?
Camilla
Lesley, so glad you like the jam and love the sound of your hedgerows. I only started my foray into jam making in the last 3 years and love it so much but I’m afraid I’ve never cooked with rosehips so can’t help on that one! If you’ve got lots of apples do check out my Plum & Apple Jam and Blackberry & Apple Jam both of which I’m sure you’d love:-) https://www.fabfood4all.co.uk/plum-apple-jam/ & https://www.fabfood4all.co.uk/easy-blackberry-apple-jam/
Rebecca
Many thanks for posting as with this recipe I was award 1st place in a class of 6 at the Churchdown Show last Saturday 🙂 The only change I made was to use Jam Sugar simply because that’s what I had in the cupboard.
Camilla
That’s so funny, winning an award with my award winning jam LOL:-) Nice to know it can win awards elsewhere too:-)
Tracy Nixon
This sounds gorgeous! A must have for scones and cream!
Camilla
Definitely good for scones & cream;-)
Kirsty Fox
Great idea, I had loads of strawberries left over last week from strawberry picking and didn’t know what to do with them, so I chucked them away, I wish I had seen this earlier.
Camilla
Oh goodness Kirsty you could have frozen them!
Ursula Hunt
Bet you were thrilled to win first prize, I would have been!
Camilla
Yes, couldn’t believe I’d won 2nd time in a row and it wasn’t even the jam I intended to enter but a mishap with a cherry one meant I used this one!
Angie Hoggett
brilliant recipe, thanks for sharing!
Leila Benhamida
Well done, love strawberries
Camilla
Thank you Leila:-)
Clare
Great simple recipe with brilliant results, thank you!
Camilla
Thank you Clare, glad you liked it:-)
Marie Jones
I’ve just used made Raspberry jam using this recipe. It’s worked as well as with the strawberrys. i also sieved some to see if I could make seedless jam and this worked as well. thrilled!
Camilla
Brilliant, my hubby hates seeds but I refuse to sieve anything LOL:-) More for the rest of us!
Marie Jones
Haha. I hate seeds so I didn’t get to eat the strawberry jam. Seen as though I’m making it I want to eat it this time!
Camilla
I don’t know – he says he doesn’t eat seeds but if I make a cake or pudding he’ll often cave in and has eaten my jams with seeds. You won’t catch him ever eating a blueberry though, unless it’s in a cake!
Marie Jones
If you like blueberry’s then you should try this recipe:
Camilla
I’m afraid I couldn’t publish the recipe as it already exists on the internet.
Marie Jones
I’m going to try making this jam for my Mother’s Day Afternoon tea. Not made jam before but this seems a good recipe for my first time. Fingers crossed!
Camilla
Fabulous, good luck! Do let me know how it goes.
Marie Jones
I’ve made the jam. It look likes yours. I don’t like jam with bits in so it’ll be up my family to let me know how good it is,haha.
Camilla
Yay, I’m sure it’ll be great:-)
Marie Jones
Hi,my family loved the jam and were so surprised that I’d made it in such a short time. I shall use this recipe again. Have you tried using other fruit like blackberrys?
Camilla
Hi Marie, so glad they loved it. No I haven’t tried it with any other fruits but I’m sure someone did it with raspberries. There’s no reason why it wouldn’t work with blackberries but I do have the best/easiest Blackberry & Apple Jam if you’re interested – it regularly peaks as my number 1 post every summer:-) https://www.fabfood4all.co.uk/easy-blackberry-apple-jam/
Marie Jones
Thanks. I shall try the other recipe. we have an apple tree and in a few months I’m alaways looking for stuff to do with apples. If I try it with raspberrys I will let you know how it goes.
Camilla
Fab, happy jam making:-)
Jane
Made this during the week, found it easy to do and it tasted great. Not too sweet…I’ve never tested jam for set in this way but it came out fab!
Many thanks
Camilla
Great, so pleased you liked it:-) Thanks for letting me know:)
Kaci Soderstrom
Congratulations! Great easy recipe for strawberry jam. Lovely.
Camilla
Thank you:-)
Niori
Congratulations….favourited the recipe as I adore homemade strawberry jam.
Camilla
Thank you:-)
Maddy
yay! Congratulations on winning 🙂
Camilla
Thank you:-)
Nicola
I made this last night and it turned out great! Thanks for a fab recipe Camilla 🙂
Camilla
Fab, so glad you enjoyed it:-)
Prettyplease26
I’m definitely going to get some strawberries and do this when I get paid. Yummy you’ve made me hungry 🙂
Heather Haigh
Oh I like this We have a local market twice a week that sells strawberries dead cheap but they need to be used fast. This is perfect for market day.
Camilla
Ah but jam is best made with really fresh fruit as the pectin levels are higher so you might need to up the lemon juice if the strawberries are very ripe!
Carolyn Clapham
I had a go at this last night, but I think I let it boil a bit too hard, and some bits caramelized on the pan. Oh well, it isn’t perfect but it’s still good enough to use, so it won’t be wasted.
I’ll just have to try and do better next time.
Camilla
Possibly not all the sugar dissolved in the first stage or maybe you didn’t stir – it’s not possible to over boil jam. I’ve only ever had one jam disaster where I didn’t stir and had black soot at the bottom of the jam and had to bin as the whole batch was tainted:-(
Krissie
Mmmm strawberry jam! This looks yum!
Camilla
Thanks Krissie:-)
Jayne Sullivan
Such an easy to follow recipe. Thank you Camilla.
Camilla
My pleasure:-)
Paul Wilson
That’ll be very handy this summer.
Jackie Chapman
I haven’t made jam for years, you have inspired me to give it a go!
Camilla
Brilliant:-)
Stephanie Coals
This looks like a wonderful things to do with the children one afternoon and they would also make fantastic presents to their grandparents or teachers 🙂 fabulous!
Camilla
I’d be nervous of kids helping with the hot jam bit but yes I get my daughter to help mash the strawberries:-)
Ritu
will definately try this, my daughters would love it !
Louisa Foti
Great idea to make just one punnet’s worth at a time. I’m often put off by the enormous process of making jam but to make a quickie pot like this is not at all daunting. Thanks so much for linking up to May’s Four Seasons Food event.
Camilla
Thanks, it’s nice to just make it on a whim:-)
Lou | Crumbs & Corkscrews
I’ve been sat here thinking about what to do with leftover strawberries this weekend; and this is absolutely perfect. I’m off to sterlise some jam jars… Thank you 🙂
Camilla
Brilliant:-)
Laura Carroll
This looks yummy 🙂 I like making jam so I’ll give this a try! It’ll give me an excuse to have lots of cream teas to eat it all up 😀
Camilla
Fab, I’ve made 3 batches now, doubled my last lot to 500g which is the max I could fit in a large ordinary pan:-)
Judith Luscombe
This jam is delicious, would be fabulous with some cornish clotted cream and scones.
MaWeir
I will need to try this recipe. I was desperate to have a cheese and Jam sandwich last week but had no jam left in the cupboard 🙁
angiehoggett
Gorgeous, I’m definitely going to try this and make some scones to go with it xx
Anthony
Have to try this recipe. Never tried making jams but I’m a very keen cook and the recipe looks very simple. Will let you know how I get on..
Camilla
So glad to have inspired you, even my sister has made it not ever having made jam before!
Heather Haigh
I have never been brave enough to make jam. It always seemed such a complicated affair. But the instuctions in this are so clear, and it looks so tempting, I do want to have a go. Added it to my favourite bookmarks until market day when I dan go get some strawberries. 🙂
Camilla
Brilliant, so glad to have inspired you:-) It really is easy peasy!
ashleigh
Sounds easy and delicious!
Camilla
Thank you – it really is:-)
Helen
What a fab idea – it’s the huge volumes involved that usually put me off making jam! I might give this a go with blueberries, as we’re big fans of blueberry jam in this house. Yum yum yum!
Camilla
Fab, do let me know how you get on:-)
Kirsty - Hijacked by Twins
I love making jams, this one looks lovely! I have made a plum and strawberry one which was delicious x #RecipeoftheWeek
Camilla
Lovely I’ve not tried making that combination but have done plum and apple which has become one of my favourites:-)
Julie's Family Kitchen
You make it sound easy, I’ll have to try it out. Most jam recipes make too much, this sounds just right.
Camilla
It is super easy:-) Well you say too much but it does keep well in a dark place and I have got through all the jam I made last year but admitadly I did give samples away to family too:-)
Galina V
Lovely to see a recipe for a small amount of berries.
Camilla
Thank you Galina – just because we don’t have bags of time doesn’t mean we have to miss out on the finer things in life:-)
Ursula Hunt
Thank you for an easy jam recipe that doesn’t make too much
Camilla
Pleasure:-)
Carolyn Clapham
That sounds easy. As soon as my strawberries in the garden are ready, I’ll give this a go.
One question – is it one teaspoon or one tablespoon of lemon juice? It looks like a teaspoon, but that sounds so little that I thought I’d better check first 🙂
Camilla
It is one teaspoon, I tried one tablespoon in my first batch and it was far too stiff so I adapted for second batch which worked perfectly:-)
Miss. Lucinda Fountain
I have never made my own Jam before. Your recipe looks REALLY SIMPLE and so i am certainly going to give it a go!! Especially as it also seems very quick
Camilla
Brilliant, thsi is exactly why I posted this recipe:-)
Maya Russell
Thank you for this straightforward jam recipe. It does make me want to make jam!
Camilla
Fab, do let me know how you get on if you do. It’s so easy:-)
Deena Kakaya
A simple and easy recipe (and that’s a fabulous thing!) the bright and clean red of your jam and the tacky consistency show how well executed your recipe actually is x
Camilla
Thank you Deena, I’m on a one woman mission to get more people making jam as it is so enjoyable and far superior to supermarket stuff:-)
Mel
Yummy! I have not made jam for years and you have inspired me to try again with this easy recipe. Mel #RecipeoftheWeek
Camilla
Thanks, glad to spread the jam love:-)
Jenny @ The Brick Castle
That really does sound incredibly easy and very doable. I’ve never made jam because it’s always seemed epic, but this makes it much more accessible 🙂
Camilla
Thank you, I love making recipes easy and accessible:-) I do hope you give it a go!
Javelin Warrior
I think an easy jam is an absolute must to know how to make. And while I say this, I have yet to attempt it 🙂 This looks fantastic, Camilla, and so easy I don’t see how any once could resist. Definitely a welcome change from the over-gelled bottled stuff…
Camilla
Thanks Mark – there’s no excuse now, go on, you’ll be hooked:-)
Elizabeth
Mmmm yum! This looks superb! I really ought to make more of an effort to make jam. I’ve loads of jam sugar in the pantry from last year’s attempts which never really got anywhere after the first fail! Spent a fortune on six preserving jars too!
Camilla
Thanks Elizabeth:-) I made my 1st Strawberry Jam on blog with preserving sugar and after making loads of jam realise it’s not nice (makes stiff jam) and it’s not necessary as lemon juice will do the same job naturally without chemicals in preserving sugar.