Strawberry Jam

Britain is famous for its strawberries, so I have chosen to make my base jam using these lovely, flavoursome fruits. Other soft fruits, such as raspberries, blackberries, cherries, tayberries and blackcurrants, can also be used.

The recipe also works with some of the larger soft fruits, including ripe plums, peaches and apricots. Most of these hold a medium quantity of pectin, the natural substance found in the cells of fruit, which is released by the natural acids also present in t