Strawberry Citric Acid Jam That Stores Well in Any Cupboard

This method is just for those who live in an apartment and do not have a cellar or cold basement for workpieces. Such jam is perfectly stored for 2-3 years on a shelf in the kitchen table or closet.

Ingredients:

1 kg strawberries

1.5 kg sugar

2 gr. citric acid

How to cook:

1. Sort the strawberries, rinse in several waters in a large bowl or bowl. Pluck off the green tails.

Important! For jam, you can not take berries with greenish or light sides, wrinkled or moldy. Jam from them will spoil very quickly, ferment or mold.

2. Cover strawberries with half the sugar and leave for 1-2 hours to let the berries start juicing.

3. Be sure to drain the strawberry juice into a separate bowl.

4. Pour the second part of the sugar into the juice and put it on low heat. With constant stirring, bring to a boil.

There will be a lot of foam, then everything is correct. Carefully remove the foam as it forms into another bowl, you can also eat it.

For example, with pancakes or pancakes.

5. After the syrup has boiled for 5 minutes, you can lay the strawberries. Gently, in portions and stirring.

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6. The strawberries in the syrup should boil and cook for 15 minutes.

7. Add citric acid, mix and boil for another 2 minutes.

8. Arrange the hot jam in sterile and also hot jars.

Since the jam is not uniform - whole berries and syrup, for even distribution, we proceed as follows:
first put the berries in the prepared jars with a spoon, then pour the syrup onto one third of the jar.

And the final moment is to mix the contents in the jar.

Let the strawberry jam cool completely.

This citric acid strawberry jam is so reliable that it can be rolled up with any lids or simply covered with paper, tied with a thread and hidden in the closet.