Easy Crab Apple Jelly is sweet, tangy and delicious, the perfect way to preserve crab apples! It doesn’t require a jelly bag, stand, upturned stool or kitchen door knob, just a colander and a pair of tights, muslin or tea towel set over a pan. Couldn’t be easier! In early September I went off looking…
Category: Preserves
Discover all my delicious preserve recipes. Everything from jams, jellies, marmalade and fruit curds to chutneys and peanut butter!
Mixed Tomato Chutney
Mixed Tomato Chutney is an utterly delicious way to preserve ripe and green cherry tomatoes. It has a wonderful chilli kick which is contrasted with the sweetness of sultanas and Muscovado sugar. It’s the best tomato chutney recipe I’ve ever tasted! When I originally made this recipe back in 2013 I’d been gifted packets of…
Sloe & Apple Jam + video & pitting hacks!
My Sloe & Apple Jam recipe is made with just 3 ingredients and no pectin or jam sugar. Wonderfully tart yet sweet, sloes and apples make the perfect pairing in this exquisite jam. Recently I went foraging for elderberries to a location I’d been told about that also had sloes. I didn’t find any elderberries…
Simple Elderberry Jam with step-by-step video tutorial!
If you’re looking for a delicious and Simple Elderberry Jam recipe with seeds and no pectin they you’ve come to the right place! Follow my step-by-step video tutorial to ensure success! After a long break due to 2020 doing it’s best to stop me in my tracks I’m finally back with this Elderberry Jam recipe…
Granny’s Quick Lemon Curd – tangy & delicious + video!
My Granny’s Quick Lemon Curd is the best recipe for lemon curd I’ve ever come across. You won’t find a quicker or easier lemon curd recipe plus it tastes amazingly tangy and delicious! The History of Granny’s Quick Lemon Curd My grandma’s lemon curd recipe sat in my recipe box for at least a couple…
Snowball (Eggnog) Curd with step-by-step video!
Snowball (Eggnog) Curd has all the flavour of a festive Snowball cocktail intertwined with classic lemon curd. Perfect for gifting or enjoying with a croissant on Christmas morning! In recent years the Snowball cocktail has become the favourite Christmas drink in our household. It’s is a mixture of Advocaat, lemonade (carbonated) with optional squeeze of…
Plum & Apple Jam with step-by-step video!
Plum & Apple Jam is the perfect autumn jam. Delicate in flavour with a beautiful pinkish red colour it’s perfect for breakfast or teatime! Today I’m rejuvenating my very popular Plum & Apple Jam recipe with some new photography and a few tweaks to the copy! After receiving a glut of plums from my mum…
Spicy Baby Tomato & Sweet Pepper Chutney
This easy to make Spicy Baby Tomato & Sweet Pepper Chutney dances on the tongue with notes of sweet, sour and spice. You’ll want to eat this chutney straight out of the jar it’s so good! If you’re lucky enough to have green fingers and grow your own tomatoes, then you’ll know that preserving them…
Blueberry & Lime Jam – with step-by-step video!
Blueberries & lime complement each other beautifully so are perfect partners in this Blueberry & Lime Jam! So delicious you’ll want to make this blueberry jam again and again. The other day I was looking at the search terms that people had typed into my search tab and the top one was for Blueberry &…
Rhubarb, Lemon and Vanilla Jam
Rhubarb, Lemon and Vanilla Jam is deliciously fresh and fruity with a zing of lemon and a subtle hint of vanilla! A great breakfast or tea time treat. I’ve come a long way on my jam-making journey and love all my jams. However, when I looked at the ingredients and method of my Rhubarb, Lemon…