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Strawberry Freezer Jam Recipe

Strawberry freezer jam recipe ingredients:

  • 4 cups crushed fresh strawberries
  • 8 cups sugar
  • 2 packages dry pectin
  • 1 1/2 cup water

Making freezer jam instruction:

Mix crushed strawberries with sugar, and let them stand for 30 minutes.

Stir the pectin into the water to boil in low heat for 1 minute. Pour the boiling water with pectin into the strawberries and stir it good. Set aside your homemade jam for 5 minutes to thicken, stirring it occasionally.

Pour your fruit jam into storage containers, cover them with tight lids and let them stand at room temperature for 24 hours (you’ll get about 10 cups of jam).

Store the jam in refrigerator for up to 3 weeks or in freezer for up to 1 year.

Remove jam from freezer 1 hour before you want to use it.

The Difference Between Jams and Jellies, Marmalade, Preserves, Compote and Syrup Recipes

The difference between them comes in the form that fruit takes.

How to make jam?

Jams are made by boiling fruit and sugar to a thick consistency and does have fruit bits.

How to make jelly?

Jellies are made by boiling sugar, the juice of fruit and with gelatin or pectin, and does not have fruit bits.

How to make marmalade?

Marmalade is a clear sweetened jelly, sometimes with fruit rind and without fruit bits.

How to make preserves?

Fruit Preserves – fruit made into jams or jellies and cooked whole or in large pieces, so as to keep its shape.

How to make syrup?

Fruit Syrup is a thick sticky solution of sugar and concentrated juice of a fruit.

What is compote?

Fruit Compote is a dessert of fruit cooked in syrup.