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Because I have been ill since November I still have last years strawbs in the freezer and I've never made jam with frozen fruit can anyone help? Thanks, Jessica.

Fruit does lose some of its pectin once frozen. As strawberries are already a low-pectin fruit it will be difficult to set

You would be better mixing it with some high pectin fruit such as apples or gooseberries.

or buy a packet of pectin and follow the instructions on that, using your frozen fruit. the fruit will be mushier.. but im sure it will make nice jam

Thanks I will try it with extra pectin.

I made jam with frozen summer fruit (mixed) last week, I added some lemon juice and it worked just fine.

JessieMac wrote:Thanks I will try it with extra pectin.

i make strawberry jam with pectin every time anyway - i recommend silver spoon (theres is nothing nasty in is afaik - it is made from apple - a by product of the cider industry i think) . Strawberries are low in pectin at the best of times, and you can make fab jam in 4 minutes

Always use jam sugar for my soft fruit jam, available at most supermarkets. I just find it easier than using separate pectin.

Thanks all just gone out and bought jam sugar so this weekend I will go for it keep your fingers crossed for me. Jessica.

I'll swap you a jar of wild garlic preserve for one of jam??????

Zaxdog...............I will bring it with us when we come up next time............Love Mum.

Wild garlic preserve sounds interesting. I've never come across this.

Check out the Wild Food & Foraging threads for my wild garlic recipe. It's just a way to preserve it as a paste and it's great in soups, stews, stir fries etc!

alway add lemon juice when useing pectin
as pectine needs the acid to work best