Roasted Strawberry Jam
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Roasted Strawberry Jam. Making strawberry jam in the oven may sound a bit strange but the intensely delicious result will quickly make you a convert to this unusual method. Just as delicious made with frozen strawberries too.
Originally published April 2013.
Making jam in the oven may sound a bit strange but the result will quickly make you a convert to this unusual method. The natural and added sugars slowly caramelize in the oven as the strawberries reduce and concentrate their delicious flavour.
This is the most intensely flavoured strawberry jam you will ever sample with a complimentary hint of caramel too. This particular jam was made from some half priced, very ripe strawberries in the produce clearance shelf at my local supermarket.
This jam idea is ideally suited to summer strawberry season when plenty of ripe berries are available too. It's great for when you need to use up those quickly ripening berries in the fridge or when they are on sale at the local market.
Frozen berries, cheaper and just as tasty.
However, I make this jam all year round using frozen strawberries. Just this week, during a freezer clean out, I discovered a large unopened bag of them from Costco.
A few hours in the afternoon was all it took to turn those frozen strawberries into an economical, intensely flavoured jam.
This phenomenal jam gives your morning toast an instant upgrade but deserves to be centre stage in lots of delicious desserts too. It is amazing in a simple whipped cream "fool", a delicious filling for turnovers or an outstanding topping for cheesecake.
Any dessert in which you would use strawberry preserves or jam will be made even better by adding this intensely flavourful jam instead.
July 2017 Update!
With strawberry season around once again this summer, I've been working away at even more strawberry recipes. But I cannot let the season go by without making this incredible jam.
Today, with a fresh batch made and a single sheet of frozen puff pastry needing to be put to good use, I threw together these delightful little pastries as an afternoon treat for Spouse and I. Oh my, they were so delectably buttery and flakey!
The intense strawberry jam married perfectly with the buttery pastry. Give them a try fro Sunday brunch or for when a friend drops over for an afternoon cuppa.
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Roasted Strawberry Jam
Roasted Strawberry Jam - Making strawberry jam in the oven may sound a bit strange but the intensely delicious result will quickly make you a convert to this unusual method.
Ingredients
- 2 pounds very ripe strawberries, washed and quartered
- 1 cup white sugar
- 2 teaspoon vanilla extract
Instructions
- Toss the strawberries, sugar and vanilla together in a glass baking dish.
- Roast in the oven at 350 degrees F stirring occasionally until the jam reduces and the juice almost completely boils off.
- Watch it closely toward the end of the cooking time because the sugars will be very concentrated and will more easily burn.
Notes
Cooking time will vary depending upon the water content of the strawberries and the depth of the baking dish. Allow up to 90 minutes for the jam to cook fully.
Nutrition Information
Yield
48Serving Size
2 tsAmount Per Serving Calories 23Total Fat 0gSaturated Fat 0gTrans Fat 0gUnsaturated Fat 0gCholesterol 0mgSodium 0mgCarbohydrates 6gFiber 0gSugar 5gProtein 0g
The nutritional information provided is automatically calculated by third party software and is meant as a guideline only. Exact accuracy is not guaranteed. For recipes where all ingredients may not be used entirely, such as those with coatings on meats, or with sauces or dressings for example, calorie & nutritional values per serving will likely be somewhat lower than indicated.
I always make mine on the stove, no pectin, but am anxious to try this one. Knowing your recipes it will be great! What size glass pan for this amount of berries?
Hi Barry: I am looking forward
to your strawberry jam and also upside down
cake. But could not access your strawberry jam turnovers. Can you help?
Barry,
What is a strawberry fool? I’d like to try this.
Hiya.
I made this recipe a couple of years ago. It makes incredible jam!
However, now I'm wondering about adding rhubarb. Can you see a reason I shouldn't?
Thanks in advance!
Making this am; made a couple of years ago with delightful results Have done a site search etc & cannot find roasted strawberry jam turnovers. Not skillled with puff pastry, so need directions 😂
Thanking you
I used 2/3 c sugar— seems fine. Also, did one pound, 1/3 c sugar in an 8x8 glass baking dish — pleased with results.
So when my local CBC radio station -London ON-asked folks to call in re strawberry jam making, I texted about your jam. I got a call, was asked questions & recorded, giving you credit for the recipe several times, & mentioning your roasted tomato jam, also.It was broadcasted the next day, in their inimitable way, making my rambling a bit interesting. But —did not include credit to you—-I did try! Still have to make it this year!
I have quite a quantity of strawberries (full flat), can I roast them in metal full pan or is there a reason you state to use a glass pan
Acid reacts with metal. I prfer glass. No metallic leaching or taste.
This jam is amazing!!! I swirl it into yogurt with my homemade granola, top vanilla ice cream with it and I put a thick layer on top of a cheesecake that I brought to a family BBQ. EVERYONE wanted your recipe!!!
About using other fruit, do I peel apricots, peaches, nectarines, plums first? And, would the same measurements apply for fruit to sugar? Thank you so much. I really like your recipes, a lot!!!
I didn't peel peaches. Soft skins should be fine.
Good morning Barry
How would strawberry and rhubarb work? I have a fair amount of both in my freezer. I have lots of rhubarb relish made so I am thinking about a strawberry and rhubarb jam.
Good idea.
Can strawberry jam be made with Monk sugar? I am diabetic
I have no experience with diabetic sugar. If it is a natural sugar, it might probably work.
Can you use sweetener instead of sugar (diabetes)
I have no real experience with dibetic conversions, but it is the caramelized sugars that bring the flavour. Not achievable with sweeteners.
Can you do the same process with other berries and fruits?
I have done a few, including peach!
Can this be made with frozen berries, or just fresh? Looks great!
I mostly use frozen for economical reasons or if they are just not available fresh.