07/28/2026
How about some Strawberry Date Jam 🍓
2 lbs of ripe strawberries 🍓
Washed, stems removed, cut in 4 and placed in a heavy sauce pan with 2 Tblsp of lemon juice stirred in. Bring to a slow simmer on low (I used medium low heat your burner temp will vary, you need a low simmering boil) heat with lid on to bring out moisture. Let simmer 5 minutes.Then give a stir. Now remove lid and let simmer on low stirring frequently for 20 minutes. Now mash strawberries to your liking. continue to cook for up to an hour or less, as liquid needs to evaporate.
Sterilize your jars. I used 4 pint size jars. Any left over we ate! 😊
While strawberries are cooking...
Now take 25 whole dates. Place in a bowl and pour boiling water over them. Let sit 20 minutes. Now strain date water into a cup keeping it. Remove seeds and place in a blender adding 1/2 a cup of date water and blend. You can also use an immersion blender to make the date paste. If to thick add a bit more date water a Tablespoon at a time.
Note: add. 2/3 rds of the date paste and blend in. Taste. Sometimes the full amount of date paste can overpower strawberry flavor. You can always use remaining date paste on toast, in yogurt etc
Now with strawberries cooked down add the date paste. Stir in to blend with strawberries. Now still on (medium) low heat, bring to a simmering boil stirring often until when you scrape the bottom of the pan the jam leaves a gap.
Taste to see if you'd like it sweeter. If so, you can add a bit of honey, maple syrup, monk fruit or brown sugar. Just a Tablespoon at a time to your liking.
Now have your boiled sterilized (hot) jars, seals, lids ready. Remove 1 jar at a time from boiled water. Fill with jam then place seal and lid on. Fill remaining jars the same. Let cool and place in fridge.
Enjoy
