Description
Homemade strawberry rhubarb jam brings sweet-tart magic to breakfast tables across North America. Seasonal rhubarb and ripe strawberries combine into a luscious spread perfect for toast or baking.
Ingredients
Scale
- 4 cups (800 grams / 28.2 oz) granulated sugar
- 3 cups (720 ml / 24.4 fl oz) chopped fresh rhubarb (about 34 stalks)
- 2 cups (480 ml / 16.2 fl oz) hulled and chopped fresh strawberries
- 1 tbsp (15 ml / 0.5 fl oz) lemon juice
- 1 box (1.75 oz / 49 g) powdered fruit pectin
Instructions
- Preparation: Uniformly dice rhubarb and strawberries to guarantee consistent cooking and optimal texture development.
- Initial Mixing: Combine fruit in a substantial heavy-bottomed pot, incorporating lemon juice to amplify flavor complexity and support natural preservation mechanisms.
- Heating Process: Gradually warm the fruit mixture over medium-low heat, stirring intermittently to prevent adherence and encourage gradual fruit disintegration.
- Pectin Integration: Disperse pectin evenly across softening fruit, whisking meticulously to eliminate potential clumping and ensure seamless incorporation.
- Boiling Transformation: Intensify heat until the mixture reaches an aggressive, unmitigated boil that resists stirring intervention, signaling critical jam-setting stage.
- Sugar Infusion: Swiftly introduce granulated sugar while continuously agitating to prevent scorching and cultivate a harmonious blend, transforming the mixture’s molecular structure.
- Final Setting: Sustain the vigorous boil for precisely one minute, monitoring carefully to prevent potential overflow and confirm proper jam consistency.
- Packaging and Preservation: Delicately transfer the molten mixture into sterilized glass vessels, meticulously cleansing jar rims and securing with pristine lids, then elect between water bath processing or immediate refrigeration for short-term storage.
Notes
- Precision Chopping: Cut rhubarb and strawberries into consistent, small pieces for uniform texture and even cooking throughout the jam.
- Acid Balance: Add fresh lemon juice to enhance flavor complexity and help natural pectin activate, ensuring better jam set and preservation.
- Heat Control: Maintain medium-low temperature initially, stirring frequently to prevent fruit from sticking and promote gradual breakdown without burning.
- Pectin Technique: Sprinkle pectin evenly and whisk thoroughly to eliminate potential lumps, guaranteeing smooth integration and proper thickening.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 20 minutes
- Category: Snacks, Desserts
- Method: Simmering
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 17
- Calories: 124
- Sugar: 23 g
- Sodium: 1 mg
- Fat: 0 g
- Saturated Fat: 0 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 0 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 31 g
- Fiber: 1 g
- Protein: 0 g
- Cholesterol: 0 mg