Thank you Cornish Cream for being patient and understanding with me, seeing this is my first official post too!
Thanks achookwoman....
For people's info, I am also known as mickeydownunder in the food world worldwide, Joanna and FANG!
My food lifestyle revolves around limiting sugar and I use Xlear Naturally Sweet Xylitol, but people can substitute sugar.
If making my recipe sugarless, please make sure the Xylitol product you are using is certified too as not all products and companies world wide provide the highest quality product and not all companies are the same too!
Joanna’s Sugarless Strawberry Jam
1 pint (2 cups) strawberries, tips cut
350 grams Xlear Naturally Sweet Xylitol (feel free to substitute sugar)
1 teaspoon Pure Tahitian Vanilla Powder (1/2 teaspoon = 1 teaspoon vanilla extract or essence)
3 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
Place all ingredients in Thermomix bowl.
Time = 30 minutes, Temperature = 100C, Speed 1.
Once the “unique sounding bell” goes off, reset to 40 minutes, Varoma Temperature, Speed 1.
This step, based on my research, “thickens” the jam!
Did you know most commercial brands of pectin (also known as jamsetta) contain about 90% sugar and are 10% pectin?
Health food stores sell 100% pectin; why not go without if you can I say!
Pour jam into sterilized jar, turning upside down until cool; place upside down in refrigerator; leave to set overnight!
Hope for my first post, I did okay!
Cheers! Joanne
