Love Apricot Jam? This Quick & Easy Apricot Jam Recipe uses just 3 ingredients and no pectin. Apricots, granulated sugar, lemon juice and rind combine to create this fresh-tasting homemade jam with a zesty zing! Apricot Jam is a classic and perfect for a continental-style breakfast, a teatime treat, plus a host of culinary uses!…
Category: Preserves
Discover all my delicious preserve recipes. Everything from jams, jellies, marmalade and fruit curds to chutneys and peanut butter!
Easy Nectarine Jam Recipe (No Peeling or Pectin)
This Easy Nectarine Jam recipe is quick to make with just 3 ingredients: nectarines, granulated sugar, freshly squeezed lemon juice, and a little water. There’s no need to peel the nectarines and no added pectin. Pretty and utterly delicious, this simple Nectarine Jam is summer in a jar! Nectarine Jam Back Story Last weekend I…
Easy Quince Curd Recipe
This Easy Quince Curd recipe is a delicious blend of quince, sugar, butter, eggs, and zesty lemon that can be used as a fruit spread and so much more. Using my granny’s no-fuss method there’s no sieving, double boiler, or endless stirring involved in making this delightful aromatic curd. The Story Behind Easy Quince Curd…
Easy Green Tomato Chutney with Fig (1st Prize Winning)
This utterly delicious, Easy Green Tomato Chutney with Fig recipe makes using up your remaining unripe tomatoes a breeze! Dried figs and cooking apples introduce a delightful sweetness to balance the tartness of green tomatoes and vinegar, while a medley of spices imparts a subtle, warming flavour. Best of all, this chutney is ready to…
How to Make Rosehip & Apple Jelly
If you’re looking for an easy Rosehip Jelly recipe then my Rosehip and Apple Jelly recipe has your back! This beautiful amber jelly tastes of roses and apples and goes with many foods! A great use for foraged rosehips. Why I Made Rosehip and Apple Jelly I’ve been walking past rosehips growing in local hedgerows…
Simple Shredless Orange Marmalade (or with shreds)
This deliciously tangy, Simple Shredless Orange Marmalade is easy to make and doesn’t require any specialist equipment. It can be made all year round with ordinary oranges and a lemon. You can even leave the shreds in if you prefer! If you loved Robertson’s Golden Shredless Marmalade as a child or still love it now,…
Mirabelle Plum Jam
Mirabelle Plum Jam (or Yellow Cherry Plum Jam) has a beautiful delicate flavour that’s similar to apricot jam. This 2 ingredient, pectin-free homemade jam is the perfect breakfast or tea time preserve. Back Story Back in the summer of 2014 my father delivered a huge bag of mixed windfall plums to my door. They’d come…
Easy Greengage Jam
You will adore this quick and Easy Greengage Jam recipe with a subtle zing of lemon. With just 3 ingredients and no pectin, it’s the perfect way to preserve a glut of these unique and delicately flavoured stone fruits. A Life Long Love of Greengage Jam As a child I loved Tiptree Greengage Jam which…
Strawberry & Gin Jam – simple, no pectin recipe
This small batch Strawberry & Gin Jam recipe with a hint of vanilla is so quick and easy to make and requires no added pectin! The delectable flavour symphony of this unique strawberry jam leaves your taste buds utterly intrigued and begging for more! I was recently gifted 7 punnets (boxes) of strawberries by my…
Easy Christmas Jam
Easy Christmas Jam is a cranberry and apple jam, flavoured with orange and mixed spice (without pectin). Enjoy this wonderful jam at tea time as a spread or like cranberry sauce along with roast turkey. Making Easy Christmas Jam couldn’t be quicker or simpler as there is no muslin bag needed to be filled up…