Four pots of smooth strawberry jam equals one happy husband! After finding 1100mls of strawberry puree in the freezer, I added an equal amount of sugar plus 4 tablespoons of lemon juice and some 15 minutes or so later had the test batch on a saucer to see if it was done. 'The wrinkle test' my book calls it, but when the jam didn't move even with the saucer tipped sideways, I knew it was ready for bottling.
Made a loaf of wholemeal bread as well, so that is breakfast sorted for tomorrow - and a few more days as well I hope.
The next challenge......what to do with today's kilo of strawberries that I picked this afternoon. Maybe another boozy offering, a friend suggested strawberry gin instead of using sloe berries, but I'm a vodka girl and found lots of sites for how to make strawberry vodka. That does sound right up my street! Seems you just need a bottle of vodka and about a pound or so of strawberries, cut them into quarters and put into the vodka for anything between 3 to 7 days. By then all the colour and flavour has gone into the vodka, you strain it through a muslin or coffee filter, chill and drink. It works best if you use a glass jar with a lid, then put it back into the bottle for chilling and serving.
So my next step is to check the vodka supply!
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