Preserves Reviews

Rhubarb Jam This is a home made recipe for Rhubarb jam. I do not like Rhubarb but my other half does and he assures me that it is absolutely fantastic and really easy to make. Some people dread even thinking about the hard work that goes into making preserves but honestly, it is easy and you can do it. These are the ...  Read the complete review

It is that time of the year, it is getting chilly and we're starting to think about winter, and some of us are thinking about Christmas and squirreling things away. Now is the time to make Chutney, so that it will be perfect to eat at Christmas and in the winter months. If you're worried about making it, don't be - Chutney isn't as ...  Read the complete review

this recipe makes 4lb of chutney. take 6lb of ripe tomatoes and chop into chunky pieces. take 1lb onion and peel and chop. put them both in a large heavy pan. cook gently then simmer for 20-30 minutes until they are tender. add 1oz salt, 2 teaspoons paprika, 1/2 teaspoon cayenne pepper, and 1/4 pint malt vinegar and then cook gently for ...  Read the complete review

LEMON CURD - makes about 500g or 1lb4oz I love traditional recipes - do you think there will be a revival with the economic climate as it is?? INGREDIENTS: 100g/4 oz butter 200g/8 oz of granulated sugar 3 standard eggs and 1 standard yolk, beaten together 3 medium-sized ...  Read the complete review

Everybody loves jam with it's sweet flavour and many uses ranging form a toast topper or sandwich topper to a cake filler. It may be bad for our teeth what with being full of sugar but at least it tastes good! Almost everybody loves jam, not just kids who often can't get enough of it, but adults too, I know I still love jam. What's more ...  Read the complete review

I'm well aware that I sound like I've just walked off the set of The Good Life, but making your own preserves is a fun and original way of solving your Christmas present dilemmas. Save up nice-looking jars through the year, fill them with yummy chutneys and jams, cover them with a square of material tied with a piece of ribbon and you ...  Read the complete review

I love Christmas! I love shopping for special food and presents. I also love cooking. I make my Christmas cake in October and always make my own mince pies. I love buying lots of different cheeses for the holiday period and like to make, my own chutneys to go with them. Here are a few of my all time, foolproof favourites. I hope you will ...  Read the complete review

Where we live we are fortunate enough to have quite a few areas of unspoiled (ie not near a road) blackberry bushes. After making several batches of blackberry jam recently (my preserving pan is very old and has been inherited and can only cope with 1kg of fruit - slightly annoying), I had 450g of blackberries left over. I was ...  Read the complete review

I love to cook, and quite enjoy buying or growing some of my own food, as well as plucking freebies from public hedgerows in season. In addition to eating them fresh or cooking shortly after obtaining them, I quite like preserving them for later use. To preserve, or home can as it is often called in the US, you will need a ...  Read the complete review

FREE FRUIT FROM THE HEDGEROWS – ELDERBERRIES This is an old recipe from my grandma and is for Elderberry Syrup, which is packed full of Vitamin C and ideal to keep in the store cupboard to use as a natural remedy for those winter colds, sore throats etc. It is NOT the same as Elderberry wine, and should be the ...  Read the complete review

Easy Plum Chutney ~~~~~~~~~~~~ This uses up the glut of plums around at this time of year (although ours came early this August, with huge quantities of small red and yellow hedge plums). I have been freezing the fruit, after lightly poaching it, so that it can be made into chutney later. This recipe is for ...  Read the complete review

I have spent ages googling away for plum chutney recipes which can be made in the microwaveable... there are plenty with the m-wave tagline but when you come to look it's traditional only. Nothing against traditional ways and I fondly remember a recipe for pickled pears but alas all my recipes were swept away in a flood. Several years ...  Read the complete review

I thought I would share one of my favourite chutney recipes with you. The reason I like it is because it is sweeter than some and has a lovely blend of spices. It is versatile and can be used as a great dip with many finger foods such as chicken dippers, poppadoms and is even good with plain pringles. Although this is a bit out of ...  Read the complete review

I am a Banana Split lover. When I found this recipe, I was simply delighted to fine it as jam. Simply luscious on toast. The only problem, I never make enough. This jam is very easy to make. 2 cups crushed strawberries (about 1 qt) 1/2 cup mashed bananas (about 2 bananas) 4 cups sugar 2 ...  Read the complete review

I've read a few articles about making preserves in the microwave and suddenly had the urge to try doing it myself. So after a quick visit to Lakeland Limited and stocking up on a variety of preserving jars I was soon making jam like a thing possessed. I now have a glut of tomatoes which are crying out to be ...  Read the complete review

Earlier this year theediscerning's mum was reading a book which happened to mention banana jam. It just mentioned what was in it ~ er, bananas, lime juice and a tot of rum ~ and from that she just experimented to make the thing, without knowing anything of the quantities involved and so on. It seems she got it right first ...  Read the complete review

And so the time of year is here when we should all be jolly and merry. Christmas Trees are out on the street for sale, garden centres are full of decorations and men with large beards are already shouting Ho Ho Ho! at the top of their voices. As one of the biggest Bah Humbugs around I always get the same feeling of dread when ...  Read the complete review

I am often asked by the family why I don't make pastry and cakes like my mum. The truth is, I don't enjoy making them, and they never turn out like Mum's anyway! So I don't bother. I do, however, in the course of a year, churn out what must run into hundreds of jars of jam, of all different flavours. I am lucky ...  Read the complete review

My niece Elaine was visiting us with her family and during her visit she had an apple to eat. When she finished the apple she asked if she could plant some of the pips in the greenhouse, well to humour her we let her do this, thinking nothing would come of them and when she went home they would be forgotten. The small pots with ...  Read the complete review

One difference between Great Britain and Germany is that it’s difficult to find someone in your country who doesn’t know what chutney is, and it’s difficult to find someone over here who does. Thick volumes have been written on the impact of history on eating habits - as on the impact of some plants, i.e. ...  Read the complete review