Ingredients:

  • 4 cups Fresh or frozen strawberries, hulled and roughly mashed
  • 2 cups Fresh cranberries, whole
  • 1 tbsp Freshly grated orange zest
  • 0.5 cup 100% Orange juice, no pulp
  • 2 tbsp Bottled lemon juice
  • 2 Whole cinnamon sticks
  • 4 Whole cloves
  • 1 Star anise
  • 0.25 tsp Ground allspice
  • 3 cups Organic cane sugar
  • 1.75 oz Low-sugar fruit pectin
  • 0.5 tsp Butter

Instructions:

  1. Prepare fruit. Hull and mash the strawberries until you have 4 cups of chunky pulp.
  2. Combine base. Add the strawberries, 2 cups cranberries, orange juice, lemon juice, and orange zest to your heavy pot.
  3. Infuse spices. Toss in the cinnamon sticks, cloves, star anise, and allspice. Wait for the scent of mulled wine to start wafting from the pot as it heats.
  4. Add butter. Drop in the 0.5 tsp of butter.
  5. Whisk pectin. Mix the 1.75 oz pectin with about 1/4 cup of the sugar and stir it into the fruit.
  6. Initial boil. Bring the mixture to a full rolling boil over high heat, stirring constantly until it reaches a vigorous, bubbling rhythm.
  7. Add sugar. Pour in the remaining sugar all at once. Stir until completely dissolved.
  8. The Hard Boil. Return to a full rolling boil and boil hard for exactly 1 minute. Listen for the bubbling to thicken and become more rhythmic.
  9. Remove whole spices. Fish out the cinnamon sticks, cloves, and star anise with a slotted spoon.
  10. Test the set. Perform a spoon test or use a thermometer to hit 220°F (104°C). The jam should look glossy and coat the back of the spoon.
  11. Jar the jam. Ladle into hot, sterilized jars, leaving 1/4 inch headspace.