How to Make Strawberry Jam for Cheesecake
Today you will find out how to make strawberry jam for cheesecake. Since the cheesecake has a lot of sugar in it our strawberry jam will contain much less sugar this time. What is more, you can substitute the sugar with sweeteners such as stevia, honey or even maple syrup if you want your homemade strawberry jam to be much healthier. This strawberry jam could be used for homemade pies, cookies and other types of pastries as well. Feel free to add your handmade strawberry jam to the freshly prepared cheesecakes or pies, as well as bake the berry jam inside the pies or cookies.
How to make Strawberry Preserves for Cheesecake
Cooking Time: 50 minutes
Preparation Time: 60-70 minutes
Strawberry jam ingredients
5-6 cups (2.2 lb/1.5 kg) strawberries
2 teaspoons citric acid
3-4 tablespoons fruit pectin powder
2 tablespoons white sugar
1 teaspoon minced lemon zest
Follow the strawberry jam preparation guides down below:
Spoon the strawberries into the kitchen pot and add the white sugar and lemon zest.
Bring the strawberries to an active boil, reduce the heat and cook the berries on low heat for about 30 minutes. Don’t forget to scum the foam from the strawberry jam surface. Keep stirring your handmade strawberry jam while boiling to prevent it from burning.
Spoon all the fruit pectin powder and citric acid into the strawberries and mix well. Boil the strawberry jam on low heat for 20 minutes removing the foam.
The gelation of a strawberry jam occurs gradually.
Now prepare the jar. Preheat the oven and keep the jars in the oven for 10-15 minutes.
Ladle the strawberry jam into the sterile jars. Cool the strawberry jam. You can spoon the strawberry jam into the jars without heating them in the oven or even use it without the jars if you plan to prepare the cheesecake and smear the strawberry jam all over the cake immediately after preparing the jam without preserving it for the future.
Strawberry Jam Recipe Nutrition Facts
Calories: 53; Total fat: 0.7 oz; Total carbohydrates: 1.5 oz; Protein: 1.1 oz
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