preserves Tag

This interactive class will show you just how simple and easy it is to preserve the very best of the harvest. We’ll cover the basics of canning and create three recipes -- Peach Ginger Jam, Tomato Corn Salsa and Seasonal Salad. The class includes food...

This interactive class will show you just how simple and easy it is to preserve the very best of the harvest. We’ll cover the basics of canning and create three recipes — Peach Ginger Jam, Tomato Corn Salsa and Seasonal Salad. The class includes food...

Cherries, currants and raspberries arrive at such an inconvenient time. It's hot. It's often humid. And our old stone house holds the summer heat like a wood-fired brick oven. Once the warm weather has worked its way into the walls, I'm hesitant to fry a...

As the late-summer harvest reaches its peak, I've been covering the basics of homemade jams and jellies. Making delicious, well-set preserves isn't alchemy but you do need to have a few basic pieces of equipment and understand what's required to make jams safe. Below is...

Even with a solid recipe, good ingredients and the right equipment, telling when a jam or jelly is set can be tricky. If you don't cook it long enough you can end up with fruit sauce. If you cook it too long you have a...

I made my first batch of jam with nothing more specialized than two Dutch ovens and mismatched mason jars that had been collecting dust and dead spiders in the basement. Because I feared spiders more than bacteria, I put all my effort into sterilizing the...

Spirited fruit preserves - TheMessyBaker.com I am not to be trusted. I head to the Farmers' Market with a clearly written list and rock solid resolve. And what do I return with? Way more items than intended and a feeling of panic. Where will I store all these plums? When will I have time to make pear jam? Should I freeze, can or hide the peaches? Of course, things fall apart when I toss tomatoes designated for preserving into a salad or gobble a handful of blueberries because they are too perfect for anything else but in-the-moment indulgence. You cannot imagine my relief -- your maybe you can-- when I stumbled up  a couple of preserving methods that are as flexible on quantity as I am about my shopping list. The methods are outlined in the ever-so-handy Ball Complete Book of Home Preserving (Robert Rose ©2012).