Low Sugar No Sugar Strawberry Jam Recipes

LOW-SUGAR STRAWBERRY JAM

Steps:

• Sterilize the jars by washing in the dishwasher on the sterilize cycle or immersing in boiling water for 10 minutes. Place clean jars on a clean towel. Put 2 small ceramic plates in the refrigerator, because you will need them later to test the thickness of the jam.
• Wash and hull the strawberries. Mash them with a potato masher. You can decide how fine or how chunky you want them. Measure the sugar, and reserve ¼ cup to mix with the pectin.
• Mix the pectin, lemon juice, and ¼ cup sugar in a small bowl or measuring cup.
• Place the strawberries in a large cooking pot, and add the pectin mixture. Over medium high heat, bring everything to a full boil that does not go down when stirred. Stir the entire time so the jam does not burn. At this point, add the rest of the sugar, stir well, and bring the jam back to a full boil for one minute. Turn off the heat and test the thickness of the jam by putting a small spoonful on a cold ceramic plate. If it's thick enough, it's done. If it's too runny, add ¼ package more pectin, bring to a hard boil again for 1 minute, and test again with the second cold plate.
• Let the jam cool for 10 minutes, then stir to distribute the fruit. If the jam is too hot when you put it in the jars, the fruit chunks will float to the top. Meanwhile, place the Mason jar flat lids (not the rings) in very hot (not boiling) water to get them ready.
• Fill your jars, using the ladle and funnel, leaving 1/4 inch of clearance space at the top of the jar.
• Wipe the rims of the jars with a clean, damp towel. Place the lids on the jars and secure with rings. Do not screw the rings on too tight.
• Process the jars, following the instructions for your water bath canner. This jam requires 5 minutes processing at sea level, 10 minutes above 1000 feet altitude and 15 minutes above 6000 feet altitude.
• Remove the jars carefully with the jar lifting tongs, and set them on a clean towel. Leave them undisturbed for several hours or overnight to let them seal. You can tell they are sealed if the center of the lid is depressed slightly and does not move when pressed with your finger. Remove the rings so they don't rust due to trapped moisture, or if you want to leave them on, at least remove them temporarily to make sure they are dry underneath. The jam lasts about a year in the pantry.

SUGAR FREE STRAWBERRY JAM

Steps:

• Chop the strawberries and place them in a saucepan together with the water.
• Bring to the boil (lid on), then turn down the heat medium and let it bubble away for 15 minutes. Only add the lemon juice if you want to store the jam for longer than 1 week - it prevents the growth of bacteria.
• Mash the strawberries with a potato masher (or with a fork), then continue to cook on low-medium for another 30 minutes until reduced by half. You want it to bubble peacefully. Bubbles will become smaller as the liquid evaporates. Stir regularly with a spatula to prevent the jam from burning. Towards the end of cooking, stir constantly.
• Taste. If necessary, sweeten with 1 tbsp of powdered erythritol.
• Add the ground chia seeds and stir. Cool and fill into a sterilised jar. Store in the fridge.

STRAWBERRY JAM RECIPE

Steps:

• Wash the jars, lids and rings with hot, soapy water, making sure to rinse well. To sterilize the jars and keep them hot, place them on a baking sheet in a preheated 175°F (79°C) oven OR in your water bath canner while cooking the jam. Place a small glass plate in the freezer.
• In a large bowl, crush the strawberries and stir in the sugar. Let sit for 1 hour to allow the berries to release their juices. (Or up to 24 hours in the fridge.)
• Add the lemon juice and grated apple. Transfer the mixture to a large stockpot and bring to a boil over medium-high heat. Once it reaches a boil that can't be stirred down, set a timer for 20 minutes. Turn off heat.
• Test for doneness - Remove the glass plate from the freezer and drop a spoonful of the hot jam on the plate. Put the plate back into the freezer for 2 minutes. Remove the plate and run your finger through the jam. If the line stays separated, your jam is ready to be jarred. If the line closes, boil the jam for 5 more minutes and repeat the test.
• Ladle the hot strawberry jam into clean, sterilized jars, leaving a 1/4 inch headspace at the top. Remove air bubbles and wipe the rim of the jar to remove any residue. Center the canning lid on the jar and adjust the band to fingertip-tight.
• If not canning, let the jars cool completely, tighten bands and store in the refrigerator for up to 2 months.

STRAWBERRY JAM WITHOUT PECTIN (LESS SUGAR TOO)

Steps:

• Sterilise a couple of jam jars whilst you make your jam : Wash the jars and lids in warm soapy water and rinse thoroughly. Do not dry.
• Wash any silicone/rubber seals (from Kilner jars) separately with hot soapy water and set aside.
• Place the clean jars and their lids (but not the silicone seals from Kilner jars) into a cold oven on a baking tray and turn the oven on to 170 C/325 F/Gas 3.
• Leave at heated oven temperature for at least 20 minutes.
• Once the jars have sterilised, turn off the oven, but leave the jars to cool in the oven, until ready to use.
• Place all the ingredients into a large, heavy-based saucepan and gently heat, stirring until the sugar has completely dissolved.
• Bring the mixture to a boil stirring frequently, breaking down the strawberries with the back of a spoon.
• Use a cooking/jam thermometer and continue to boil, stirring frequently until the liquid reduces significantly and the temperature reaches jam set point (220 F/105 C). Be patient, it will take a while. Let it boil at this temperature for a minute.
• Remove from the heat and carefully pour into the sterilised jars straight away. Top with the lids (being careful not to burn your fingers). As the jam cools, the tightly screwed lids will 'suck in' to create a sterile vacuum.
• Cool completely.

SUGAR-FREE STRAWBERRY JAM - ALL THE TASTE WITHOUT THE CARBS (SHELF STABLE!)

Steps:

• Wash jars, bands, and lids in hot soapy water. Place jars in water bath canner filled 1/2 way with water. Bring water to a rolling boil. Turn off the burner and leave jars in canner until ready to use.
• Place lids and bands in water in a small saucepan and heat until water simmers. Keep lids & bands in warm water until ready to use.
• If using fresh strawberries, chop into quarters before adding to a large saucepan. If using frozen measure 6 cups and add to your saucepan.
• Add lemon juice, vanilla and calcium water to strawberries and blend in well.
• In a bowl add allulose and pectin and blend well.
• Heat the strawberries in the saucepan over medium heat. As they start to soften, mash with the back of a fork, or use a potato masher. I like my jam to be a bit chunky so I only mash a little bit. Mash your strawberries to the consistency that you like. Bring strawberries to a boil.
• Add pectin-sweetener mixture, continuing to mix for 1 to 2 minutes to dissolve the pectin while the strawberry jam comes back up to a boil. Boil for 1 full minute once the jam reaches the boiling stage.
• Fill jam jars to ¼" to the top. Clean rims with a clean cloth. Add lids and twist bands until finger tight.
• Add jars to the water bath canner when the water in the canner reaches a full boil. Boil 10 full minutes (add 1 minute more for every 1,000 ft. above sea level).
• Remove from water. Let jars cool undisturbed for 24 hours.
• Test for seal, if a jar did not seal, you can reprocess it again in the canner for 10 full minutes, or add that jar to the refrigerator for up to 3 weeks.
• If your strawberry jam did not gel to the consistency you want you can add the jam back into a saucepan and add another tsp of calcium water. Bring the jam back up to a boil and repeat steps 8 to 11.

STRAWBERRY JAM RECIPE WITHOUT PECTIN AND LOW SUGAR

Steps:

• Wash jars and bands in hot soapy water and keep warm. Fill water bath canner with water and put on medium heat.
• Mash berries with a potato masher, blender, or immersion blender to desired consistency. I prefer mine chunky, but my husband likes it more pureed. (Note, liquid or pureed berries take longer to reach the gelling point)
• Place berries, sugar, lemon juice, and lemon zest (or grated apple if using in place of lemon) into large pot. Stir until well combined. Bring berries to a boil. Stir frequently to keep sugar from scorching.
• Simmer on a low boil for 20 minutes.You can test the set of the jam by the sheeting test. Place a metal spoon in the freezer when you begin making your jam.
• After the 20 minutes of boiling, use the chilled metal spoon to ladle out a spoonful of jam. Hold the spoon and watch the way the jam drips off of the spoon. If its little individual drops, jam is not set, if it's big goops, it's almost there. If it comes off the spoon in a sheet or doesn't really drop off at all, then jam is set, yank that baby off the heat.
• Place jars on a dish towel. Fill jars with a ¼ inch from the top with jam. A canning funnel will be your best friend during this part. With a clean damp towel, wipe down rim of jar. Place lids on, then bands, and screw down to finger tight.
• Immerse jars in water bath canner inside the canning rack, making sure water covers the tops of the jars by 1 to 2 inches. Once water is boiling, set timer for 10 minutes and allow jars to process.
• When time is up, turn off heat. Wait 5 minutes and then remove jars from canner. Place on a towel folded in thirds in a draft free area. Allow to cool and set overnight or for at least 12 hours.
• Check seals. If the center of the lid gives, then store in the fridge and eat soon.
• If jars are sealed, wipe down with a damp cloth and store in the pantry out of the light for up to a year

LOW SUGAR STRAWBERRY JAM

Steps:

• Prepare water bath canner by filling it with water, and setting it on the stove. Turn the burner to high. Once it reaches a boil, reduce it to simmer. You want to keep the water hot so that everything is ready when the jam is.
• Wash and sanitize your jars. You can fill them with hot water, or place them on a tray in the oven at 200 degrees F.
• Wash your lids and set aside in clean place.
• Rinse the strawberries. Remove the tops and cut in halves or quarters (8 cups total). Place in a heavy-bottomed saucepan.
• Heat the fruit over medium heat until the juices start to bubble. At this point, you can mash the fruit with a potato masher, or use an immersion blender (only blend 30% of berries).
• In a small bowl, combine 1/2 tsp calcium powder with 1/2 cup cool water.
• In a separate bowl, combine sugar (1.5 cups) and pectin (2.5 tsp). Set aside. To prevent clumping in the fruit, Pomona's must be mixed with your sweetener before being added to the fruit.
• Add the lemon juice (1/4 cup) and calcium water (2.5 tsp) to the pot with the strawberries, stir.
• Add the sugar/pectin mixture, and bring to a rolling boil. Stir constantly for 3 minutes, turning down the burner to medium if the jam starts popping.
• At this point, turn the burner under the canner back up to high and get that water boiling again.
• Remove the jam pot from heat, and stir gently for 5 more minutes. At the end of the 5 minutes, remove any foam that remains.
• Using the funnel and a ladle, add the jam to your prepared jars, leaving 1/4 inch of headspace at the top. Headspace is the amount of room between the top of the food, and the rim of the jar.
• Using a wet clean rag, wipe the rim to make sure there isn't any sticky jam on there.
• Place a clean lid on the jar and then a ring. Tighten the ring to fingertip tight.
• Using canning tongs, add jars to the boiling water, and put the canner lid on. Pro tip: you must have at least 1 inch of water over the tops of the jars for safe canning.
• Process (boil) for 10 minutes.
• Remove the canner from heat, and let sit for 5 minutes.
• Remove the jars and place them on towels on the counter undisturbed for 12-24 hours.
• After everything has cooled, check the seal by pushing down on the middle of the lid. If it doesn't give way, it's sealed. If the lid bows a little bit, put that in the fridge and use it within 3 weeks.
• Label the sealed jars, and store in a cool dark place for up to a year.

LOW SUGAR / NO SUGAR STRAWBERRY JAM

Steps:

• Prepare waterbath canner, jars and lids according to manufacturers instructions, if preserving. Prepare and measure ingredients for recipe.
• Combine prepared fruit with fruit juice in a large saucepan. Gradually stir in Ball® RealFruit™ Low or No-Sugar Needed Pectin
• Add sugar, sugar substitute or honey, if using. Return mixture to a full rolling boil. Boil hard 1 minute, stirring constantly. Remove from heat. Skim foam if necessary.
• Ladle hot jam into hot jars, one at a time, leaving 1/4 inch headspace. Wipe rims. Center lids on jars. Apply bands and adjust to fingertip tight.
• Place filled jars in canner ensuring jars are covered by 1 to 2 inches of water. Place lid on canner. Bring water to gentle, steady boil.
• Process jars for 10 minutes, adjusting for altitude*. Turn off heat, remove lid and let jars stand for 5 minutes.
• Remove jars and cool. Check lids for seal after 24 hours. Lid should not flex up and down when center is pressed. Clean and store according to manufacturers instructions.