The other day she scraped out the last remaining bit of the store bought jam from the jar, and I knew what I wanted to make next! Most searches on the net led to the same strawberry conserve recipe so that was decided. It was a great recipe on many fronts, primarily because it doesn’t pressurise you to make the jam immediately. I made a few changes like adding a vanilla bean to bring out a slightly different flavour, using vanilla sugar instead of regular sugar, and increasing lime juice in the recipe from 2 limes to 3.
Strawberry Vanilla Bean Conserve
adapted from here
Ingredients:
1 kg of either very small strawberries or halved hulled larger strawberries
1 kg granulated vanilla sugar (or regular sugar)
1 vanilla bean, split
Juice of 3 limes (or 1 lemon)
Method:
Makes about 1.5 kgs of conserve.
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Oh Deeba, you've outdone yourself (and I never dreamed that was possible)! This looks just heavenly!
Absolutely beautiful photos!
Wow….looks awesome, Deeba. I would put on bread, biscuits, pancakes, ice creams etc etc. I can't wait for summer to be here when there'll be lots of strawberries. Thanks for sharing.
looks glorious…. have been eyeing strawberries for weeks now and at the fag end of the season, finally got a few boxes… made some of my favourite strawberry banana icecream… jam looks simply wow….
Ah! You made the jam the classic way like we pickle!!
) gorgeous as always!: )
That jam must have a delightful flavor! stunning shots!
Cheers,
Rosa
ciao! è sempre un piacere passare nel tuo blog..è favoloso!!! baci!
Above all, amazing photography! well done. I look forward to trying the recipe as well. PS, my source for vanilla is Beanilla Trading Company…. they ship world-wide and can be found at http://www.beanilla.com.
Thanks again for the fantastic post.
Where do you find this light…. these pictures look amazing, I am so envious as it's still very gloomy here.
Strawberry jam with vanilla sounds lovely. I am trying to train Ted to eat pb and jam sandwiches but he's been rejecting them!!!
First of all the photos are so earthy and enchanting..
Next of all:) Vanilla bean! A stroke of genius..this summer when I am making my jam..it will have this.!I could sleep w/ a vanilla bean I like them so much.
I would slather this on buttermilk biscuits *swoon*. By the way, love that you make home-made PB for your kids! That's the kind of mom I aspire to be, truly, but I think I suffer from an acute case of procrastination and laziness
Deeba, your posts make me so happy! The clarity and whimsy and vibrant color are pure bliss.
Be still my heart – I can't wait to try this!
ButterYum
You have more energy than I could ever imagine Deeba. Beautiful as always:D
What a beautiful post Deeba. It left me with a wonderful spring feeling. All those colours, fresh green and red! Oh, I love it.
I'm also a big fan of brown bread. I so much don't like the British white toast bread. Ugh!
I can imagine a great breakfast with your strawberry conserve spread over slice of brown bread. Yummy!
What lovely little gifts these would be! I'm going to have to start jam making!
Lovely Deeba!! Nothing like fresh, hot toast smeared with some great conserve on any morning!!
I really like the addition of vanilla bean. It must be devine! I make my strawberry jam in the microwave and it is easy, doesn't burn and retains a bright colour. I can't wait for winter when that is our strawberry season! YUM!
I love strawberry. In fact I am awaiting the winter strawberry to come out in Australia. They are delicious. And I will remember you and this recipe!
Wow, that strawberry jam sounds amazing with the addition of vanilla bean!
u r making me want to make jam out of everything…ur bottles are super gorgeous…U have such a way with decorations and fruits Deeba! beautiful.
Deeba your photographs are amazing. Strawberry jam is my number 1 favourite. Everything looks gorgeous.
i am still waiting for strawberry season to come to germany! i see them in stores already but am so resisting to buy them right now. you make it more difficult. love strawberry jam and make tons of in in season! love this!
This is sublime Deeba!I love the flavors can't wait till season is here!
Hi deeba..
the pics are beautiful as ever…loved that cake in teh center….Then i also made jam last week, just with 1/4 kilo of strawberries just to test. Made with the same recipes, but reduce sugar to half. And still it was way too sweet for me:(. And regarding the limes, you know,the limes we get here in UK are so big, probably, three-four Indian limes would make 1 Uk lime. I dint follow the slow method, did it quick all on the same day,but it was great.:)
Can see you have a "thing" for strawberries. Can't say I blame you. I made some into jam too. And have some more "strawberry plans" before the seasons out!
Very nice Deeba. I used to put strawberry jam in my tea.
Your blog is all about perfection. I absolutely love it.
Wonderful! And the photos are beautiful. I love how you incorporated some past strawberry creations.
What a wonderful blog!! I love the pics and the recipes and the light inside it. Where do you find that gorgeous light? OMG!! It's the first time I visit you but not the last one, sure!!
Have a nice week-end!!!
Okay your photos are just beautiful and delightful…love the strawberry, anything strawberry.!
Thank you for sharing, Strawberries are my favorite!
That sounds wonderful!
Mmm, looks fabulous and reminds me of summer!
Looks lovely…….and great ideas when we start getting floods of strawberries in a few months. I like the 3-day plan too…..
Oh Deeba your pictures are so gorgeous. the strawberry jam jars look so beautiful, so have to send me one
. I hear there's been a strawberry overload this season. Mom keeps askin me what do i do, I wish you were here … lol. I'm fwding her you website !!
Oh Deeba your pictures are so gorgeous. the strawberry jam jars look so beautiful, so have to send me one
. I hear there's been a strawberry overload this season. Mom keeps askin me what do i do, I wish you were here … lol. I'm fwding her you website !!
I've made 100's of bottles of jam, but a conserve– well, never even thought to do that! Thank you so much for the recipe and know how. Can't wait to give it a try. I love the square bottle.
You are right, there's not much better than the strawberry. This conserve looks great, of course!
I love the idea of adding vanilla – I must admit I have never tried it with vanilla before but am very intrigued and interested to try it.
Oh, I can only wish to have such an abundance of strawberries. I'm seriously craving them here.
Deeba….i want you urgent reply for this request.We are celebrating our sons third bday on coming weekend. Iam planning to bake a cake and do icing myself (if time permits). Iam planning to do a chocolate butter cream icing. DO you think it will be OK to ice the cake 2 days before the event?or should it be done on the day?Will it alter the taste if i ice it 2 days before?..And how many days will a cake stay fresh?…….Pls reply as soon as possible….Sorry for bothering and thx in advance.
Stunning! I am transported to a beautiful summer's day in an enchanted garden just looking at your gorgeous photos!!
I love all kinds of homemade jams. This one looks delicious as do the photos.
Nisrine
Stunning!!!
Guess what I'm having….this minute. On toast! Yep, this preserve….uh hmm, I made it before we went on holiday and it is wonderful. Very fruity taste…….my 6 year old daughter is looking forward to having some after school!