Easy and quick to make, this jam has a lavender background giving this very traditional jam a different dimension. Ideal for the afternoon cream tea!
Yield: about 5 glass jars of 400ml.
Ingredients:
1kg strawberries
375g preserving sugar
1kg strawberries
375g preserving sugar
4 tablespoons of dried lavender flowers
1 tbsp lime juice
2 tbsp orange juice
1 tbsp lime juice
2 tbsp orange juice
Method
- Clean and cut the strawberries in quarters
- Add preserving sugar and lime juice. Mix and let stand for 2 hours.
- In the meantime, soak the lavender flowers in 50ml warm water for 10 mins strain it and add the infused water to the strawberries.
- Bring to a boil over medium/high heat stirring all the time.
- Let cook for 6 minutes, stirring constantly, when you can see the bottom of the pan, remove from heat.
- Add 2 tablespoons of orange juice
- Let cool completely in closed sterilised jars.
To sterilise glass jars: wash them well with hot water and washing up liquid. Place them in warm oven for 10 mins. Take them out of the oven, fill them with the jam or preserve and close immediately.
É mesmo fantastico!
Estava la e pude provar, delicioso, esta geleia com flores de lavanda.
Muito obrigada Rosana, por poder provar desta guloseima, feita por voce.
Genial, brilhante!!