This easy homemade delicious strawberry preserve recipe, is perfectly sweet and does not require canning.
Simply store them in a jar.

 

 

Homemade Strawberry Preserve

One of the easiest, delicious preserve to make!

Only 3 ingredients required to make this strawberry preserve; strawberries (of course!!), sugar and lemon juice. 
No pectin or sugar with pectin is needed to make this preserve.

This strawberry preserve is soft, spreadable and anyone can make strawberry preserve at home.
You can make strawberry jam using the same method.

Homemade strawberry preserve or strawberry jam is always better than the store bought and we can control the amount of sugar goes into our jam!

What is the difference between Strawberry Preserve and Strawberry Jam?

The method to do both; jam and preserve is the same.

To make strawberry jam, one has to cut up strawberry into smaller pieces, or blend the strawberries and cook with sugar.
Strawberry preserve uses the whole strawberry or if halved strawberries if they are big.

I prefer strawberry preserve than jam :D

 

How to Make Strawberry Preserve?

Full recipe and method is at the end of this post.

1. Only 3 ingredients required : strawberries, sugar and lemon juice.

 
Wash and halves bigger strawberries

 
 Sugar : either raw sugar or white sugar.


And lemon juice (not shown here)
Mix them all up in the a pot that can fit all in.

 
2. Cook on low heat until the mixture reach 104C.

 
If you don not have a thermometer, then place a spoon in the freezer for 5 minutes.
Drop some preserve mixture on the spoon.
Dip your finger into the preserve, and the 'stringy' effect is what we are after.

 
3. Sterilise bottles, jars and the caps.

 
4. Fill up the bottles and refrigerate immediately.

 
5. Enjoy your strawberry preserve on toast or 
 
with some scones and cream.

How to store Strawberry Preserve?

Best keep this strawberry preserve in glass bottles.

Why use glass bottles?

Glass bottles are easier to sterilise either by boiling water method or low heat in the oven.

Once you have fill up these sterilise bottles with strawberry preserve, keep them in the refrigerator.

Too many bottles?
Share some with your family, friends and neighbours.

 

How long Strawberry Preserve last in the refrigerator?

Strawberry preserve best used within 2 weeks.

If you think that you are not able to finish them in time, then place them in the freezer.
Thaw in refrigerator overnight before using.

Can I use frozen strawberries to make preserves?

Yes, you can.

But using fresh strawberries to make preserves is always best.

Other Preserves or Jam recipe on this blog

Kumquat Marmalade
Coconut Jam
Lemon Curd
Apple Butter
Blood Orange Marmalade

Video on How To make Strawberry Preserve

 

Posted on 23rd October 2010

Strawberries are cheaper this year... A punnet of 250g could fetch about AUD$1.99 in some supermarkets.. I love to do my shopping at the last hour before closing time. shopping is not a breeze at that hour... there will be millions of shoppers... I know.. :) I exaggerated about 'million' shoppers... but I sure felt like it...with everyone's trolleys in everyone's way... we are suckers for good bargains... It brings back good memories during my 'student days'...living on a budget... After an exhausting day running from one lecture room to another... came home ~exhausted and in no mood to cook.. not even to fry an egg!!... :) I'd hopped (I lied...not hop but walk ..:))to the nearest supermarket (that would be Safeway in High Street Kensington~if its still there)... grabbed yoghurt tub for 20p, sandwiches for 60p... and fruits for a song... Came home feeling happy and contented for that day....  We fast forward 20 years on... I am still the same... Old Habit die Hard... love bargains... and these strawberries were sold in Coles for 99cents/punnet last week... I bought 8 punnets and 6 goes into making jam....