Strawberry Jam with Orange Zest

Strawberries are very popular among jam lovers, but these sweet berries can be used for jams with orange zest as well. Follow our strawberry jam recipe with orange zest and find out how to cook sweet and delicious strawberry jam.

Cooking Time: 80 minutes

Preparation Time: 80-90 minutes

Strawberry Jam Ingredients

• 30-35 oz sweet strawberries
• 3-4 teaspoons minced orange zest
• 6-7 oz pectin
• 1 cup white sugar
• 2 tablespoons cane sugar
• 0.3 cup of water

1. Rinse the strawberries under the water to remove dust.

2. Place the strawberries into a big kitchen pot and top the berries with the white sugar. Cook the berries on low heat for 30 minutes, the sugar should dissolve.

3. Remove the fragrant foam from the strawberry jam and spoon it into the small kitchen bowl.

4. Mash the strawberries in a pot using a potato masher.

5. Add the remaining sugar (cane sugar) and minced orange zest and pour the water to cook on medium heat for 20-30 minutes.

6. Combine the pectin with some water and mix well until the pectin is melted.

7. In case you are using an alternative thickener, such as gelatin or any other, follow the manufacturer's recommendations on the packaging.

8. Pour the melted pectin into the strawberries.

9. Cook the berry jam for 20 minutes. We cook our strawberry jam to make it thicker. Next, remove the hot strawberry jam from the burner. That’s all, now homemade strawberry jam recipe with orange zest is ready to be consumed or saved for the long winter period.

10. To save it for winter, we should keep it in jars or bottles, so ladle the still-hot strawberry jam into prepared and sterilized bottles or jars and seal them.

11. The berry jam can be served as a dessert or used as a filling for various pastries and cookies.

Strawberry Jam Nutrition Facts

Calories: 54; Total fat: 0.8 oz; Total carbohydrates: 1.7 oz; Protein: 1.2 oz