Strawberries Preserved in Currant Jelly

You must use sun-ripened strawberries, as this recipe will not work with supermarket berries. However, it works well with frozen loose strawberries allowed to superficially defrost before adding them to the sugar syrup.

Since there are few red currants to be found across the United States, I have replaced the currant jelly my mother used to prepare herself to make this strawberry preserve with commercial currant jelly. If you have access to currants, by all means prepare your own je