Strawberry Jam

Ingredients

• Six pounds of strawberries
• Half a pint red or black currant juice
• Six and a half pounds preserving sugar

Method

1. 1

   Carefully wipe and pick the strawberries.

2. 2

   Put the sugar and fruit juice into the preserving pan, and stir over the fire until the sugar is dissolved; then add the strawberries, and stir gently till boiling.

3. 3

   Skim thoroughly, and allow to boil steadily for about thirty minutes, when it can be tested by putting a little on a plate.

4. 4

   If it firms, fill up the pots.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Plain cookery recipes (1908) by Edinburgh School of Cookery and Domestic Economy, page 56. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Strawberry Jam. Six pounds of strawberries Half a pint red or black (Scotch). currant juice. Six and a half pounds preserving sugar

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