Preserves

Recipe: Plum & Lavender Jam

October 17, 2011

I always thought I had a pretty good childhood. Each winter, my father would make a skating rink in the back yard, which we and our friends would use for noisy hours on end. And when we came in bright pink and shivering, Mom defrosted us with mugs full of homemade hot chocolate. I had [...]

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Recipe: Pear and Ginger Conserve

October 11, 2011

Someone, who looks suspicious like my husband, informs me that I missed the whole appreciation concept when I moaned about Thanksgiving in Saturday’s post. Apparently, it’s all about gratitude and love, not weather preferences. He’s right. As usual. While I might not be ready to offer you pumpkin recipes, I was and am very grateful. For many [...]

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Recipe: Baco Noir Wine Jelly

September 20, 2011

Get smug while making preserves and you’ll smart for it. Think you’re too coordinated to need a funnel? Well, let me tell you, one blob of 220°F jelly straight to the thumb will change your mind in a heck of a hurry. It certainly made me rethink saving a few bucks. After a couple of [...]

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Oven-Dried Tomatoes

July 30, 2010

Brain, meet Fingers. Fingers, meet Brain. I hope you two become best of friends. Pronto. Because if you don’t start working together really soon, I will be forced to give up this blog and move to a remote region of the world where there is no Internet access and only tinned soup for supper. What [...]

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Concord Grape and Nectarine Butter

October 19, 2009

Well, this is embarrassing. I nearly singed my bangs off. How? Licking a big drip of Concord grape puree off the stove knob just inches from the boiling pot. How else? Now, I know what you’re thinking. Why would anyone do that? Well, first of all, I had just scoured the stove top, so it [...]

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Preserving Tips and Tomato Peach Ketchup

October 7, 2009

A couple of days ago, I made a variation of my serendipitous nectarine and plum chicken. This time I substituted apples and yellow tomatoes for the plums. It was just as moist and delicious as the original, and I found myself planning side dishes appropriate to its Moroccan roots. But just as visions of spiced [...]

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Green Tomato Marmalade

October 2, 2009

Despite the amber hue of the resulting preserves, this is green tomato marmalade. And no, I didn’t use the teeny-tiny yellow tomatoes on the left. They’re just there for show. Instead, I used small to mid-sized green tomatoes like the ones below. I figured since I could leave the skin on, I’d use tomatoes that [...]

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Butterscotch Peach Jam

August 10, 2009

Last week for Summer Fest, Stephanie of Wasabimon and I swapped blogs for the day. I posted about peach ice cream on her blog and she posted about peach freezer jam on mine. She was even kind enough to watch the comments section and answer reader questions. Thanks, Stephanie! I owe you. The dual-posts on [...]

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Summer Fest and Peach Freezer Jam Recipe

August 4, 2009

To celebrate Summer Fest, a four-week cross-blog celebration, Stephanie Stiavetti and I are swapping posts for the day. This week Summer Fest is all over fruit, and Stephanie and I selected peaches. I have always maintained raspberry is my favourite fruit, but a damned good peach is enough to make a liar out of me. [...]

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