How to make delicious dried strawberry jam to treat guests on New Year’s Day

Jam is one of the beauties of Vietnamese cuisine on Tet holiday next to the dishes “fat meat, pickled onions”. The jam dishes with delicious rustic flavor but hidden behind are a meaning of wishing good things to the family in the new year . Let’s go to the kitchen with Tnhelearning.edu.vn and make delicious dried strawberry jam for your family!

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How to make delicious dried strawberry jam to treat guests on New Year’s Day

Red is the color that represents luck, convenience, wealth and fortune, so it is very popular to use during Tet. Therefore, strawberry jam with eye-catching red color not only helps enrich the Tet jam tray for the family but also has the meaning of bringing luck and wealth to the family . In addition, strawberries also symbolize a prosperous, warm and joyful family life. Therefore, many people still choose strawberries to make jam for their family to enjoy during Tet.

Ingredients for strawberry jam

• 1kg of strawberries
• 400g white sugar
• Tools: stencils, oven

How to make strawberry jam

Step 1: Prepare ingredients

After buying strawberries, you cut off the leaves and then wash them with dilute salt water and drain . Next, put a layer of strawberries in a large bowl and then put a layer of sugar on top. You make one layer of strawberry and then another layer of sugar until the end.

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Step 2: Marinate and slug strawberries

Then, marinate the strawberries for about 2-3 hours until the sugar dissolves, then pour the sugar water into the pan and put it on the stove. Heat the sugar water until slightly thickened, then turn off the heat and let it cool. When the sugar water is less hot, you add the strawberries and stir well so that the sugar water penetrates the strawberries evenly .

Step 3: Dry

Next, turn on the oven at 120 degrees Celsius , put the strawberries in a baking tray lined with parchment paper, then put the tray in the oven and dry for 3-4 hours . During the baking process, if the top of the strawberries is dry but the bottom is still full of sugar, take the baking tray out and turn the strawberries over and continue drying until completely dry.

Note : You should arrange strawberries in rows with a distance of about 1cm between the fruits , do not stack.

Finished strawberry jam

Strawberry jam after completion is dark red, has a sweet and sour taste and is fragrant. It is an extremely suitable snack to enjoy with friends and family on Tet holiday.

Note

To make delicious strawberry jam when choosing strawberries, you should choose ripe fruits that are bright red, fragrant and have a glossy skin . It feels hard to the touch, not soft. Do not choose fruit that is crushed or has no stem.

How to preserve strawberry jam is also extremely simple. After finishing strawberry jam, you just need to let it cool down and then put it in a glass jar or put it in a tightly sealed plastic bag to avoid air getting in and keep it in a cool, dry place . Just take an appropriate amount each time and tie it tightly without leaving it open.

In addition, you should not store in a place where there is direct sunlight to easily melt the jam or store it in the freezer because it is easy to damage the jam when exposed to outside temperature.

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