STRAW BERRY JAM

STRAWBERRY JAM.

There is nothing to beat a home made jam.  This year, we harvested a load of strawberries, we ate a lot of these too but we still had a lot of strawberries left over.  I decided to turn them into a preserve as it really is very easy to do so and you can actually smell the freshness of your hand picked berries in the preserve.  Serve this with warm toast or even as an icecream sauce and you will want to have seconds.

Ingredients

4 cups mashed berries
3 cups white sugar
1/8 orange juice

Crush the berries. Stir the berries, sugar and juice together in a heavy pan over low heat until the sugar is dissolved. Turn up the hear to high, and bring the mixture to a boil, stirring often until the mixture thickens. Pour into clean container cover and keep refrigerated.