This Fresh Strawberry Jam is delicious on just about everything. It is really easy to make homemade jam sugar-free. It takes about ten minutes and four ingredients. When strawberries are in season and abundant it is worth it to make your own keto strawberry jam. This jam recipe is low carb, keto, gluten-free, grain-free, sugar-free, and Trim Healthy Mama friendly.
I have a huge love affair with strawberries. I could eat one of the costco sized containers all by myself. Really. I like them fresh, in desserts, in jams, in salsa, and even roasted. Making a low carb strawberry jam was a necessity!
I have enjoyed this keto strawberry jam with cottage cheese, waffles, coffee cake, and directly from the jar with a spoon. I still need to try it on top of vanilla ice cream and with shortbread cookies.
For a really special treat put a little on top of this no-bake strawberry cheesecake.
How to Make Strawberry Jam
Making homemade jam is very easy! You need to cook the berries to soften them and release the natural juices, sweeten them, and then thicken it to a jam consistency. This can be ready in about 10 minutes!
How to Prep the Berries for Keto Jam
The hardest part of this recipe is hulling the strawberries. I use a tiny paring knife, insert it a bit off-center near the stem, and then turn the berry. The stem and hull come off all as one. The reason I suggest removing the hulls is that they are normally firm and flavorless.
After hulling the berries give them a couple of good smashings with a potato masher. Just to get the juices flowing. After cooking and before chilling the jam will look like this:
Do I need to cook the jam?
Yes, this is a cooked jam. Just cook the berries over medium heat until they are softened. Smash until no large pieces remain. Add the sweetener, lemon juice, and thickener. Transfer into jars. Store in the fridge and enjoy. Serve with toast, waffles, yogurt, cottage cheese, muffins, ice cream, just about anything.
How to Store Keto Strawberry Jam
You can refrigerate this for up to 2 months or freeze up to 6 months.
I hope you enjoy this sugar-free keto strawberry jam! It’s great on my Classic Vanilla Waffles! Or on this Paleo And Keto Angel Food Cake.
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Ingredients
- 2 pounds fresh strawberries stems and hulls removed
- 1/4 cup Trim Healthy Mama Gentle Sweet or my sweetener
- 1 tsp lemon juice
- 1 tsp glucomannan
Instructions
- Add strawberries to a small stockpot. Smash a bit with a potato masher to get the juices flowing.
- Cook strawberries over medium-low heat for 10 minutes or until softened. Smash until juicy with small pieces of strawberries.
- Add the other ingredients. Stir well and chill. This will thicken as it cools.
Notes
- Glucomannan is a thickening agent. If you prefer to sub in another thickening agent you may. Just add it according to its own directions.
- This jam freezes really well!
- This recipe makes about 1 1/2 pints of jam.
Nutrition
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Holly says
Can’t wait to try this. New to keto so lots of recipe changes for me. Thanks
Tara says
Could I use chia seeds in this as a thickener?
Taryn says
Yes, but I’m not sure how much you would add. I’ve never tried chia in jam before.
Kiriakitsa says
Can this jam recipe be used for water bath canning?
Taryn says
I’m not a canning expert myself but some of my readers have canned this successfully!
Debbie says
Could I use Xanthan gum instead of the glucomannan?
Taryn says
Yes, I’m pretty sure xanthan will be fine.
Erin says
Have you made this with frozen strawberries? Would it be the same or would I need to make any changes?
Thanks!
Taryn says
I’ve had readers make this with frozen strawberries successfully! No changes. 🙂
Sue Nightingale says
Looking to make this when the berries are ready. I was planning on using monk fruit for my sweetener. Do I use granular or powder. Thank you
Taryn says
Either will work. This is a recipe that you can really just sweeten to taste.