Strawberry jam

Ingredients:

• 1 (generous) cup of strawberries, or mix of berries, for 1 cup of sugar
• With 3 cups of berries/sugar: 1/4 cup of lemon juice
• Glass jars

Steps:

1. Put a plate in your freezer ahead of time.

2. Start sterilizing jars: boil jar in water for 15 mins, or in the over at 350 for 20 mins.

3. Put berries, sugar and lemon (if needed) all together in a pot.

4. Start cooking the mix on medium / high and stir frequently.

5. Bring it to a boil, then put it on low.

6. When the mix is getting thick, put drops of it on the cold plate.

   • If the drops run a lot, the mix has not cooked enough.
   • If the drops run a bit, slowly, the mix has cooked the right amount.
   • If the drops don't run at all, the mix is too thick (which may be fine if you want a thick jam).

7. When it's ready, put the jam while it's still hot into the hot jars.

8. Depending of the type of jars, heat will seal them. Otherwise, boil the full jars to completely seal them.

Tips

• We can cut back on sugar at the beginning, but just a little, not too much. Otherwise, there won't be enough sugar for the jam to set.
• If the jam ends up cooking for a bit too long and is thicker than desired, cook (or microwave) some more berries to a liquidy state. Insert little by little the liquid into the thick jam.