Strawberry-gooseberry Jam
Total Time: 1 hr
Preparation Time: 15 mins
Cook Time: 45 mins
Ingredients
- 2 cups gooseberries (or currants)
- 1/4 cup water
- 8 cups strawberries
- 4 cups sugar
- 1/4 cup fresh lemon juice
Recipe
- 1 wash the gooseberries and put them in a sauce pan with the water.
- 2 cover and bring them to a boil, stirring gently, until they are all popped.
- 3 press through a sieve, and reserve the puree.
- 4 discard the skins, stems and seeds.
- 5 gently rinse the strawberries and drain well.
- 6 mash them lightly.
- 7 mix the gooseberry puree, strawberries, sugar and lemon juice in a large pot.
- 8 bring to a boil, stirring constantly, until the sugar dissolves.
- 9 boil hard until the mixture just reaches the gell stage, about 20 minutes.
- 10 remove from the heat and skim.
- 11 seal in sterilized jars.
- 12 process in boiling water for 5 minutes.
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