Strawberry Jam With a Twist

This is totally my creation, but I warn you: don't let your husband to finish it as he MAY not read carefully the description of the pectin and he MAY don't put enough in it.(I had to leave and get some more empty jars from a friend nearby, as I run out of them earlier than expected) Otherwise it tastes delicious....but my version slightly runny as my dearest and nearest put  1/10 of the pectin that was required. Anyway.....this is my:

Strawberry Jam with a twist

Ingredients
1.2 kg strawberry
0.8kg jam sugar (or use granulated sugar+pectin-amount of pectin depends on brand, always use the suggested amount)
1 tbsp cinnamon
5-6 tbsp Amaretto liqueur
2 vanilla pods, halved length ways 

1 lemon juice

Put a small plate into the freezer.
Hull and clean the strawberries. Smash half of the strawberries with a potato masher, but leave other half leave in quarters (to have some "whole" pieces in the jam).

Put the strawberries with the sugar, cinnamon, lemon juice and the vanilla into a heavy based sauce pan and bring to the boil. Boil the jam for about 15 minutes, stirring regularly, checking the setting point every 2 minutes during the last 5 minutes. 10 minutes into the boiling you can add the amaretto liqueur, the alcohol will evaporate, but the taste will stay in the jam. 

To  test the setting point, take the cold saucer out of the freezer, put a little jam on it. Leave it for a minute then push your finger into the jam, if it wrinkles, then it's done. You may put some extra pectin in the jam if it doesn't want to set, but strawberry jam unlikely to set very solid anyway. 

Take off the heat and skim off the scum if needed. Pour into sterilised jars, seal and store.

To sterilise your jars:
Wash your jars in hot, soapy water, then leave in a low oven to dry completely. Keep them warm. Alternatively, run the jars and lids thorough a hot dishwasher cycle, then let them dry.

Or like my mum did it: put your washed jars and lids into a massive saucepan filled with water and start boiling it, after 15minutes, just before filling take them out one by one. The jar should dry out within seconds as the remaining of the water evaporate immediately.