After hand picking 24 litres of fresh strawberries, I sliced up12 litres to be freeze dried for snacks and long term food storage, some made their way to become fresh snacks and the rest was made into strawberry freezer jam last night!!

I went on a quest to find pectin that didn’t contain sugar. I discovered Pomona’s Universal Pectin which is imported from Italy and contains no sugar. The process was a tad different than what I’m used to. The pectin was caught under the blade during the blending process which lead to me mixing by hand and then straining the pectin through a mesh strainer. It was late and I needed to problem solve as quickly as possible.

The end result is a delightful jam made with a totally sugar free pectin and sugar was substituted with monk fruit which only requires a third of the amount.

I’d love to hear your go to jam recipes and any tips and tricks you may have to share! 😊