This is another of our preserves where we seek to help the farmers prevent waste by having them collect "seconds" - bruised, under/over sized product not fit for farmers market sale. What we end up with is a collection of fruit so sweet from so much of the overripe product that our sugar to fruit ratio is sometimes as low as 1:6 vs. the traditional 1:1. For this version of our strawberry jam we add our house made pickled jalapenos for a little spicy vinegar kick to offset the strawberry sweetness.
Ingredients: Strawberries, jalapenos, organic cane sugar, pectin, lemon juice.