How to make strawberry jam

Strawberry Jam

Ingredients for strawberry jam

Ingredients: Strawberries (1 pound), fresh milk (2 tablespoons), honey (1 tablespoon), lemon (1), sugar (1 tablespoon)

How to make strawberry jam

1. Wash the strawberries, cut them into pieces, put them into a pot and add clean water. The amount of water should be enough to cover the strawberries.

2. Cook over high heat for about 15 minutes, stirring the strawberries in the pot constantly with a spoon to prevent them from burning.

3. Pour 2 tablespoons of milk into the pot, mix with the strawberries, and turn the heat to low.

4. Add 1 tablespoon of sugar and 1 tablespoon of honey into the pot, mix well and simmer on low heat for 15 minutes. At this time, the strawberries have been cooked into a paste.

5. Wash the lemon and cut it in half. Squeeze the lemon with your hands, squeeze the lemon juice into the strawberry jam, and mix well with a spoon.

6. Turn off the stove, wait for the strawberry jam to cool down, bottle it and put it in the refrigerator. You can spread it on bread for breakfast every day. Strawberries are now in season, and the fragrant smell is mouth-watering. Strawberries are rich in vitamins and minerals.

Precautions

It contains up to 80 mg of vitamin C, which is much higher than apples and pears. It also contains glucose, fructose, citric acid, malic acid, carotene, riboflavin, etc. These nutrients have a good promoting effect on the growth and development of children, and are also beneficial to the health of the elderly. In particular, the rich vitamin C can prevent and treat gum bleeding, promote wound healing, and make the skin delicate and elastic.

Traditional Chinese medicine believes that strawberries are sweet and cool in nature, and have the effects of moistening the lungs, promoting the production of body fluids, strengthening the spleen and stomach, etc. Eating a few strawberries after a meal can help digestion, stimulate appetite, and promote the production of body fluids. Recently, medical scientists have found that regular consumption of strawberries is also beneficial for preventing and treating arteriosclerosis and coronary heart disease. According to research by foreign medical scientists, strawberries contain anti-cancer ingredients that can inhibit the growth of tumor cells. In Europe, strawberries have long been known as the "Queen of Fruits" and are used as health foods for children and the elderly.