Homemade Strawberry Jam – Stovetop and Instant pot method

This strawberry jam is the easiest recipe you can make at home with just 3 main ingredients. Once you perfected the art of making jam at home, you will never go back to store-bought cans. I bet you can feel the difference in the taste. This recipe has basic ingredients and no preservatives. I have shared both stovetop and instant pot methods.

Strawberry Jam

Usually, we go to strawberry picking when it is a season, and this time we went with two other families. There were 6 kids and once we reached the spot, the kids planned to have a race for picking strawberries. The weather was so good and the kids were in full energy, we ended up with a lot more strawberries than we thought.

So what to do with that lot of strawberries? Made  Strawberry Banana Smoothie and Strawberry Lemonade many times. But when I couldn’t finish it off before those beautiful strawberries went bad, I had to use it up for good use. That’s how I ended up making this strawberry jam. My son usually doesn’t like jam but he loved this and he wanted this jam in his sandwich every time. So you can see how good this jam is.

How to make Strawberry Jam

I made this Strawberry Jam with just 3 ingredients like most other jams. You can check out Mango Jam and Pineapple Vanilla Jam. The procedure starts when you hull strawberries, then cook with the required sugar till the strawberries become mushy. You can blend it if you like to be smooth Jam or chunky as I liked.

How to make strawberry jam in Instant Pot?

Clean and hull the strawberries. Chop it roughly. Add the chopped strawberries and sugar to the Instant Pot. Stir it and close the lid. Cook in manual mode for 1 minute. Then quick pressure release. Once the pressure is released, open the lid. Mash the strawberries with a potato masher or with the back of the ladle. 

Then press the saute mode. Let it start to boil. Add the lemon juice and stir it continuously. Once it starts thickening, switch it off. Let the jam stay in the pot. It thickens from the heat in the pot.

To check consistency, pour a drop of jam on a plate. When you draw a line across the jam, it should stay. That is a sign of doneness. Transfer the jam to a glass airtight container once it cooled down. You can store the jam for 2 weeks in the refrigerator. Remember to use a dry and clean spoon for a longer shelf life.

Tips to make perfect Jam in Instant Pot

• After pressure cooking, you can quickly release the pressure or let it release naturally. Both work as I have tried both. If you are making jam with frozen strawberries then, let the pressure release naturally.

• Do not saute the jam till it thickens. Once starts to thicken, switch off the Instant Pot. The Jam will cook in the heat. So don’t worry.

• You can allow the strawberry and sugar to rest for 30 minutes before pressure cooking. So it will release water but I didn’t do that and it was still perfect for me. There was no burning.

How can I use this jam?

You can use this Jam in sandwiches or on crackers (I liked it very much this way) or as I used it in Strawberry Jam filled Chocolate. Anyways you are going to love this strawberry jam.

Strawberry jam recipe without pectin

INGREDIENTS

Strawberries – 2 cups ( washed and hulled)

Sugar – 1 1/2 Cup

Lemon Juice – 1/2 tsp

METHOD

• Pulse strawberries with sugar coarsely in a food processor or chop them roughly.
• Take strawberry and sugar in a heavy-bottomed deep pan.
• Cook in medium flame till the strawberries become soft.
• When the jam becomes thick, add lemon juice and within 5 minutes it attains consistency. (Check notes)
• Take off from the flame.
• When it is cooled down completely, transfer it to an airtight container.
• This jam stays good for more than 2 weeks if stored properly.
• Use only a dry spoon.

NOTES

1. To check if the jam is done, make a streak with the ladle and the streak should stay for a minute.
2. Remember to use only a dry spoon.

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