Recipes
Vegan
Sugarfree strawberry🍓 jam
By Nafisa Bookwala Banatwala
⏳ Prep Time: 25 minute
01 Feb 2021
2021-02-01T04:38:21.000Z
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Nutritional Overview
Calories
168.2 kcal
Protein
3.8 gm
Carbs
33.3 gm
Fats
2.2 gm
Ingredients
400gms strawberries🍓
1tsp/5gms chia seeds (grounded)
1tbsp erythritol
1tsp lemon🍋 juice
Method
Step 1
Chop your strawberries and place them in a saucepan. Add tbsp of water, so the strawberries don’t burn whilst you soften them.
Step 2
Bring to the boil, lid on, then turn the heat to medium and let it bubble away for around minutes.
Step 3
They are soft and have begun to release their own liquid. Mash with a potato masher.
Step 4
Continue simmering the strawberry puree over a low heat for another minutes until the mixture is reduced by half. As the liquid evaporates, the bubbles become smaller.
Step 5
Stir continuously towards the end, making sure the jam does not burn.
Step 6
use tsp of ground chia seeds to fully set the jam.
Step 7
To increase the shelf life of this jam add tsp of lemon juice during cooking. The acids does not only help with the gelling of the jam, it also prevents the growth of bacteria during storage. You can easily keep it in the fridge for - weeks.
Step 8
Spread it on a toast n njoy 😋
