special strawberry jam

On Wednesday afternoon,  one of my LETS-friends organised a trip to Sijsele, a small village near Bruges.  Why Sijsele ?  Well, there is a bio-farm that grows strawberries, and we went there to 'pick our own'.  The weather was fantastic, and I enjoyed it so much, that I ended up with many many biologically grown strawberries. 

Rik Broux is the farmer

In the evening, those strawberries changed quickly into the most delicious jam ever !  The taste is so much sweeter and fuller than the ordinary strawberry you buy in the supermarket.  I always use special  sugar with added pectine.  You only need 500 gr of sugar for 1 kg of fruit.  So that's only 33 % sugar per pot.  And with the pectine, it sets easier : you only have to boil the fruit for 3 minutes.  Very easy, and very healthy as many vitamines are killed by boiling too long.

the taste is great !

This sugar is great for jams !

After all that jam-making, I made some scones.  The best excuse to indulge in a generous amount of jam...

The British sure know how to make a good dessert!

When I have some time I would like to make some nice 'hats' for my jampots.  Anybody seen a crochet pattern somewhere ?    I found these in fabric that I really like, but still would like to try a crochet one.