Sensational Sugar Free Homemade Strawberry Jam
How to make strawberry jam without pectin or processed sugar taste sensational
As you may have gathered I just adore strawberries- and this year we have so much to celebrate: Following some lovely warm weather in March, April bought cooler weather offering us the perfect growing conditions for the British strawberry to thrive. These temperatures are providing the UK with a bumper crop of beautiful berries, up 10% on last year’s! With the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee, Wimbledon and the Olympic Games only days and weeks away, we have every reason to celebrate with the Nation’s favourite fruit.
Strawberries can be enjoyed in so many ways, and this sugar-free jam really brings out the taste of our Great British Strawberry. If you keep your jam-making on a small scale (as recommended in this recipe), you can make it, as your strawberries ripen.
Natural Mother’s tip: The smaller the batch, the tastier the jam!
Here’s a great idea for a perfect summer tea picnic
Try Natural Mother’s delicious sugar free jam, spread lavishly on slices of freshly baked bread. Follow this with Diamond Jubilee Strawberry Cake , washed down with Fresh Strawberry Cordial !
How to Make Strawberry Jam Without Sugar
( makes 2 small jars)
What you need
- 2lbs/900g of strawberries
- 120ml/1/2 cup of wildflower honey (mild)
- 120ml/ 1/2 cup of genuine maple syrup
- 2 tbsp of water
- 2 tbsp of tapioca flour
What to do
Wash the strawberries under the tap before cutting them up finely. Place them into a preserving pan with the honey and maple syrup. Bring the mixture to the boil and simmer until it has reduced by about a third to around 750ml or 3 cups. In a small bowl, stir the tapioca and water together before adding that to the berry mixture until it thickens. This won’t take long so be careful not to overcook, or you’ll loose out on that gorgeous fresh strawberry flavour. Spoon your freshly made jam into a couple of oven sterilised jam jars and allow to cool before storing them in the fridge.
Bonne Appétit x
How to make strawberry jam without sugar or pectin-why not try making this recipe and come back to us with your review?
Strawberries can be enjoyed in so many ways, and this sugar-free jam really brings out the taste of our Great British Strawberry. If you keep your jam-making on a small scale (as recommended in this recipe), you can make it, as your strawberries ripen. Natural Mother’s tip: The smaller the batch, the tastier the jam!
What you need
- 2lbs/900g of strawberries
- 120ml/1/2 cup of wildflower honey (mild)
- 120ml/ 1/2 cup of genuine maple syrup
- 2 tbsp of water
- 2 tbsp of tapioca flour
What to do
Wash the strawberries under the tap before cutting them up finely. Place them into a preserving pan with the honey and maple syrup. Bring the mixture to the boil and simmer until it has reduced by about a third to around 750ml or 3 cups. In a small bowl, stir the tapioca and water together before adding that to the berry mixture until it thickens. This won’t take long so be careful not to overcook, or you’ll loose out on that gorgeous fresh strawberry flavour. Spoon your freshly made jam into a couple of oven sterilised jam jars and allow to cool before storing them in the fridge.
http://naturalmothersnetwork.com/healthy-eating/healthy-recipes/healthy-summer-recipes/how-to-make-strawberry-jam/Mothership Magazine’s related articles
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Rebecca Watkins worked as a professional photo journalist and travelled the world with her husband John, before settling down as a stay at home mother to their three daughters. They have recently moved back from the French Alps to an old cottage in Devon, England. Rebecca’s days are filled with visits to the beach, animated discussions and in the best moments, happiness and creativity in her family home of five. The other moments are filled with craziness and chaos and she loves those too.
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I am so excited to make this! Question does it have to be tapioca flour? I usually only have w/w and white whole wheat on hand. Thanks!
Try using 1 tbsp of arrowroot, or 1 tbsp of cornflour. I haven’t used either with this jam, but these would be the equivalent amounts:-)
Could this recipe be used with other berries? Like raspberries?
yes
That looks delicious! What a lovely photo!
Yum! Thank you for this! I haven’t been using processed sugar for a while! We love Stevia!
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This looks really good! I recently tried a strawberry jam with pectin and was really disappointed how it turned out. I would love to try this; I don’t have the tapioca flour so perhaps I’ll try arrowroot. Thanks!
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What a great, different way to make jam. Our berries haven’t come in quite yet, but I plan on making plenty of jam and jellies this year. Again, I would like to invite you to share your recipes with my readers in my recipe hop ☺
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Thanks for the invite-will pop over and put you on my linky love page
This sounds fabulous! Makes me want to pop over to Britain and have a strawberry picnic with you!
thanks for linking up with Culinary Wanderings!
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The most recent edition – http://laurawilliamsmusings.blogspot.com/2012/06/carnival-of-home-preserving-13-come.html – open until Thursday 6/7.
Would this work if I wanted to then properly can them sealed to put them in the pantry?
Hi Rebecca, I have only ever stored the jars in the fridge so can’t recommend it. However, I have done another strawberry preserve that can be stored in a pantry for later use Strawberry Jam Recipe – A Very English Preserve hope this helps!
Thank you for this recipe. I am really looking forward to trying this just as soon as I get some honey from my beehives.
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Your jam sounds tasty, I love that you used honey instead of refined sugar. We stopped eating jellies and jams because of all the sugar, but this sounds like a great alternative. Thanks for sharing on Hearth & Soul Hop.
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This jam sounds so delicious. There is absolutely nothing like fresh strawberry jam, and I like your use of natural sweeteners instead of sugar!
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Thanks April, I am such a fan of strawberries too,in case you hadn’t noticed;-)!
Nice! I’m pinning this to Pinterest. I have tapioca starch in my cupboard, just looked it up and it is the same as tapioca flour. I like the fact that this has no refined sugar.
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