When I saw the picture of the strawberry jam in Ina Garten’s Barefoot Contessa Back to Basics, I just knew that I had to make that jam. Gorgeous ruby red, with blueberries peeking through, the jam looked spectacular.

What I found even more interesting was that Ina had used green apples with the strawberries for the jam. Her reason was to use up the natural pectin that is abundant in green apples, but mine was to highlight the flavours of strawberries and apples equally (well, almost.)

You might feel making jam might be super labour intensive and would probably think that these tasks are better left to grandmums. I used to think so too, until I realized how quickly this jam came together.

I love, just absolutely love how this tastes. I always prefer my jams chunky to get the feel of the fruit, but you can go ahead and puree it if you like a smooth texture.