Details on 2 ways to make delicious strawberry jam like in stores

Prepare the ingredients

– First, wash the strawberries thoroughly with water, remove the stems, and cut the strawberries in half.

– Then soak them in diluted salt water for 15 – 20 minutes and rinse again with water. Take the strawberries out and let them drain.

– Squeeze the lemon to extract the juice.

Soak strawberries with sugar

Next, mix the strawberries with 750 grams of sugar; the amount of sugar can be adjusted to your preference and leave in a dry place for about 4 hours for the strawberries to absorb the sugar.

Cook the strawberry jam

Add the sugar-soaked strawberries to a pan, cook over medium heat until boiling, then reduce the heat to the lowest setting.

– Gently stir the strawberries to prevent them from breaking. Continue cooking until the liquid is nearly evaporated, then add a little lemon juice.

– When you see the mixture thickening, turn off the heat and add vanilla, stirring gently.

Finished product

– Wait for the jam to cool completely, you can put it in a jar for storage.

Prepare Strawberries

Wash strawberries thoroughly with water, remove the stems. Then, soak the strawberries in a diluted saltwater solution for about 20 – 30 minutes.

Cook the Jam

– After soaking, wash the strawberries again with water, then take them out and drain.

– Next, add the strawberries and 600 g of sugar into the pan, cook on low heat until the strawberries are soft and the syrup turns pink.

– Continue to cook for another 30 minutes, then remove the strawberries, but keep the syrup cooking until it thickens.

– After that, add the strawberries back into the pan, stir evenly. When the syrup turns dark brown, turn off the heat.

Dried Strawberries

Put strawberries in the oven at a temperature of 100 degrees Celsius and dry for about 2 hours, until the strawberries are completely dry, then take them out. Once the jam is completely cool, you can put it in a jar for storage.