Instant Pot Strawberry Jam
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Welcome to my Instant Pot Strawberry Jam recipe. An easy to make strawberry jam recipe loaded with fresh strawberries and perfect for when you have more strawberries than you can handle. Prepare it into spare glass jars and use it whenever you fancy a strawberry jam fix.
What? You said Homemade Strawberry Jam in the Instant Pot? Well count me in. Wherever that is happening I want some!
Like many 30 somethings that grew up in the North of England in the 80s and 90s strawberry jam was a staple of the diet.
You always had at least one jar of it in the door of the fridge and then whenever you had some spare bread, then out would come some bread, butter and strawberry jam.
It was always amazing and always felt like something luxury when it reality it was not. It was cheap to make, delicious and nearly always served for breakfast on a Saturday morning.
My most fond memories were always of my paternal grandparents serving it up. They loved their jam or marmalade on toast.
On a Saturday they would start the day with a single boiled egg, followed by loads of buttery toast with lots of strawberry jam or orange marmalade.
I never cared much for the marmalade as I always thought that it tasted disgusting (and still do) but the strawberry jam with the melted butter was out of this world amazing.
It would have come from either the supermarket or a Yorkshire jam and pickle shop.
But on the other hand if you have fresh strawberries and an Instant Pot then making your own Instant Pot Strawberry Jam is an absolute must.
When we made our first batch in the Instant Pot we were so, so tired. It was a heat wave and the temperatures was well into the 40’s and we felt like we had been suffocating from global warming.
We had also been up all night comforting our under 3s. As if there is something a toddler and a baby don’t like then it is super hot houses.
But we had a lot of strawberries that needed using up. It was a case of them being super hot and we needed to use them up before they turned and went mouldy. So here we are on little sleep in the heat making strawberry jam.
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How To Make Instant Pot Strawberry Jam
Thankfully the great thing about the Instant Pot is that it is quick and effortless. You probably put more effort into sterilising the jam jars or eating the jam than you do in making the jam.
To make strawberry jam in the Instant Pot is just a few easy ingredients:
- Fresh Strawberries
- Caster Sugar
- Lemon
- Honey
Plus, if you want it thick like you buy from the grocery store, then add in some gelatine.
That is still JUST 5 SIMPLE ingredients that are very easy to source.
Here in Portugal everything is always about frugality. So its no surprise that in the hospitals all they seem to give you to snack on is bread and jam.
There was so much of it when I was in hospital having my kids that by the time I came out, I didn’t touch jam for a long time.
Well until now that is!
When we made this Instant Pot Strawberry Jam version it made loads of jars and gave us the chance to give some to our next door neighbour.
She is a lovely elderly lady and is always giving us fresh fruit and vegetables from her allotment so it gave us the chance to give some back.
Plus even though I love strawberry jam I struggle to eat it all in a reasonable time, so a big batch like this would last me months.
So let me take you back to childhood with some Best of British Strawberry Jam. And next time you have some spare jam, fresh scones or want a roly poly then you know what to do with it!
Instant Pot Strawberry Jam
Ingredients
Kitchen Gadgets:
Recipe Ingredients:
- 1 Kilo Fresh Strawberries
- 900 g Caster Sugar
- 1 Medium Lemon
- ½ Strawberry Jelly Pack
- 1 Tsp Honey
Instructions
- Sterilise your jam jars.
- Clean and dice your strawberries and place them into your Instant Pot inner pot.
- Add the sugar, honey and the rind and juice from a medium lemon.
- Give the contents of the Instant Pot a quick stir and place the lid on the Instant Pot. Set the valve to sealing and cook for 2 minutes on manual pressure.
- Once it beeps allow natural pressure release for 10 minutes.
- After 2 minutes cooking time and 10 minutes NPR, carefully remove the lid on the Instant Pot.
- Stir the jam and using a hand blender, blend until you have a thick syrup.
- Add in your jelly powder, stir and pour into jam jars.
- Cool overnight.
Notes
Nutrition
This Instant Pot Strawberry Jam recipe has recently been updated. It was originally created in the summer of 2017 and we wanted to make the strawberry jam recipe BETTER for you as we gained more and more experience with jam making in the Instant Pot. We hope you enjoy our updated version!
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Could you use other fruit by following this recipe?
Hi Laura,
Yes you could. We just happened to have a huge tray of strawberries and were using them up. You can do the same with blackberries, cherries, apricots, etc. I wouldn’t personally do it with raspberries just because they are rather expensive where I live.
Kind regards
Sam
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How long would the jars of jam last stored in the refrigerator as directed?
Hi Sherri
No longer than 1 week just to be safe.
Kind Regards
Sam
Can the jam be frozen?
Hi Amy,
We have frozen some for a later date, i think it should be fine to freeze it for no longer than 1 month.
Kind Regards
Sam
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Can you please tell me exactly how many ounces “1 Large Orange Juice only” is?
Hi Linda
Thanks for your comment. It is supposed to read: 1 large orange (juice only) It just means the juice from one large orange.
Kind Regards
Sam
Will it thicken when it cools?
Hi Pamela,
Yes it will.
Kind regards
Sam
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My never thickened. Don’t you need somekind of thickening agent. It just is strawberry liquid.
Hi Vicki,
You can add some gelatin if you wanted but after letting it and putting it in the fridge the jam had set to where you could spread it onto some bread, not like the shop bought stuff which is very thick.
Kind Regards
Dom
How much gelatin should you use per batch? Mine didn’t thicken either.
Hi Ann,
We did need to use the gelatin but if it is bought in sheets a couple should fine 🙂
Thanks
Dom
I would like to substitute honey or maple syrup for the sugar. Will this work?
Hi Jen,
I have never made jam with anything but sugar so i cannot say how it would turn out with something else. If you end up trying it please let me know if it works out 🙂
Kind Regards
Sam
Is the package of jelly crystals jello? Cause I dont see jelly crystals in any store i have looked.
Hi Sam,
Interesting recipe. Is there a specific reason you have pureed the strawberries at the end? I like the texture of strawberry chunks in the jam.
Asim
Hi Asim
Just comes down to personal preference ?
Kind regards
Sam
Hi
Can you please tell me how much jam does this recipe make and approximately how much juice do you get from one large orange. I feel not all oranges yieled the same amount of juice.
Thank you
Hi Tanya
The jam made 5 standard jars full. The oranges were juiced using a electric juicer so we got allot of juice out of them, more than if you do it by hand.
Kind regards
Sam
Have you tried to can the jam after making it? Should be ok right?
Absolutely. Plus it will make plenty of cans to keep your family in jam for ages.
Is the package of jelly crystals jello? Cause I dont see jelly crystals in any store i have looked.
And if this only freezes one month you can’t make too much or can it long.
Hi Sandy
Yes I believe they are the same thing just called something different. The safe time for us was 1 month as that is the time we freeze for but for longer we don’t know how it would de-frost ????
Is that about 4.5 pounds of strawberries?
Hi Janet,
Yes it is, 2kg is just over 4.4lbs ?
Regards
Sam
Thank you for the recipe! I just made it, following the directions exactly, but ended up with a very soupy result. Thoughts?
Hi Amanda,
Is that after it has been put in the fridge?
Kind Regards
Dom
Can you use frozen strawberries?
Hi TRaci,
I am sure you can. I have never tried frozen strawberries before but I am sure it would work.
I ended up with strawberry soup too, after leaving it a full night in the fridge. Any way of fixing this?
Hi Sara,
Thanks for your comment. I can only suggest using a thickening agent like gelatin, so it thickens the jam but not changes the flavour, a couple of sheets should be fine 🙂
Kind Regards
Dom
What does the orange juice do for the recipe? Just flavor? Or is there another purpose?
Hi Buffalo Joe,
The juice acts with the sugar to draw the sweetness(sugar) and flavour out of the fresh strawberries 🙂
Thanks.
Dom
If you use the gelatin when do you add it in ?
Hi Michelle
I would add the gelatin after it has finished cooking so it gives it a chance to dissolve 🙂