Strawberry compote: quick fresh recipe and preserved winter jars

A quick fresh strawberry compote is made by bringing cleaned strawberries, sugar, mint, lemon juice and vanilla to the boil in water, then immediately removing from heat. For winter preserves, jars are filled with strawberries, topped with hot sugar syrup and pasteurised for 20 minutes (small jars) or 25 minutes (large jars) from the point of boiling. Finished jars are stored in a cool cellar.