Chocolate - Covered Strawberry Jam - cooking recipe

Ingredients

2 cups chopped strawberries
1 1/2 cups granulated sugar
1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice
2 ounces chopped bittersweet couverture chocolate
3 tablespoons cacao, nibs (optional)

Preparation

Place strawberries into a saucepan with the sugar and lemon juice and gently heat, while stirring, until the sugar has dissolved.
Increase heat and bring to a low boil, stirring often, until the temperature reaches 220\u00b0F on a candy thermometer.
Remove from the heat and cool 3 minutes.
Stir the chopped chocolate and cacao nibs into the strawberry mixture. The chocolate should melt into the mixture.
Can 15 minutes in a waterbath.