The cooking time for strawberry jam directly depends on the desired thickness of the dessert, however, there is a time frame for which you should not "step" in order to end up with a really tasty product.
There are many recipes for making strawberry jam, and which of them to cook berries, each housewife decides for herself, relying on the ripeness of the fruit, the desired density of the product and its usefulness.
It should be understood that the longer the jam is cooked, the less nutrients remain in it, but the dessert turns out to be thicker, and vice versa. Therefore, when cooking, you should decide what is more important to you in the finished product - thickness or usefulness.
How long does it take to cook strawberry jam for the winter
If you need to cook the thickest jam, then in this case you should take strawberries that keep their shape well (overripe are not suitable), place them in a metal bowl or any other wide dish, cover them with sugar and let them stand for two to three hours. After the specified time, it is necessary to drain a part (no more than half) of the released juice, and put the fruits themselves on the fire and cook after boiling for 30-40 minutes, stirring the contents of the basin every two to three minutes (so as not to burn). It is better to lay out the finished dessert in jars when it has completely cooled down. A huge plus of this jam is that it can be stored for a long time.
How much to cook five-minute strawberry jam
According to the "five-minute" recipe, you can make a thin, but very healthy jam. In order for the dessert to turn out not too liquid, the berries must first be mixed with granulated sugar and let it brew for an hour (it is not worth it longer), then completely drain the released juice, and instead pour in chokeberry juice (its amount should be equal to the amount of drained strawberry juice) …
Next, the berries should be put on fire, brought to a boil and boiled for five minutes, then removed from heat. After the dessert has cooled completely, it must be put on the fire again and boiled for five minutes. Thus, the jam must be boiled three times. In total, the cooking time should be exactly 15 minutes.
The moment with replacing strawberry juice with black chokeberry can be skipped, but then the jam will turn out to be very liquid, more like berries in their own juice.
