This strawberry honey butter is an easy and delicious recipe for homemade preserves. Fresh strawberries and honey make it so much better than store bought jam! This recipe makes 4 half pint jars.
Preserved Lemons are easy to make and great to have on hand! Keep them in your refrigerator and add them into all of your favorite dishes, sauces, and dressings for a burst of zingy, citrusy lemon.
Are you confused about what foods can be preserved in a water bath canner versus a pressure canner? Here are 21 foods you can CAN in a water bath canner!
Preserved lemon is a traditional North African condiment where its sour and salty flavor is adds a distinct flavor to classic tagines, roast chickens and other meals.
The practice of infusing herbs in oil dates back thousands of years to ancient civilizations around the world, & to this day, especially for gardeners.
Hurdling is a combination of more than one food preservation technique. The idea is to create a series of hurdles for microorganisms.
Preserving eggs is an old fashioned skill and it's making a comeback as more people take up raising chickens in their backyards. Believe it or not, there are literally dozens of ways to preserve eggs
Don't make these 7 controversial canning mistakes that can cost you your health!
Pickled chillies is a delicious and easy way to preserve spicy peppers. Keep a jar in the fridge and serve with sandwiches, tacos and nachos.
Food preservation methods go way beyond the modern techniques we use today. Older techniques like salting, fermenting, and dehydrating have their place, even in modern kitchens. Learn about all the different ways you can extend
Source: Jerusalem by Yotam Ottolenghi and Sami Tamimi Having made these several times now, I've made a few teensy changes: I don't add the rosemary and chilies anymore—I only use lemons, salt and lemon juice. After the 4 weeks, too, I purée the lemons, salt, juice and all. This was a tip I learned from Aneesa, the owner of Tara Kitchen in Schenectady. I find having the purée on hand to be much more user friendly.
A fun and flavourful way to enjoy fresh fruit!
Canning foods you grew and harvested yourself is exciting and rewarding. After canning, you have rows of colorful jars lining your pantry ready to be enjoyed
A simple orange jam captures the sunniness of citrus, and a bit of warm spice adds complexity.
Imagine a pantry stocked with vegetables picked at their peak, preserved in tart, herbal brines, that you can use for delicious
Enjoy the taste of summer year-round by preserving fruits in brandy. Brandied fruit is delicious on ice cream, pound cake, or as is with cream.
Learn how salt preserves meat and how you can safely cure your own meat at home to preserve it and get that delicious cured taste.
If you are a fan of probiotic foods, you will love this spicy Indian lime pickle or nimbu achaar. It is filled with good-for-your-gut bacteria and tastes amazing served with a simple Indian meal of dal and rice. Plus, it couldn't be easier to make, especially when you have the hot summer sun playing sous chef.
We're talking about salt preserving this month as part of the Food in Jars Mastery Challenge. Several times now, I've read comments from people asking if it's really as easy as it seems. After all,
Hurdling is a combination of more than one food preservation technique. The idea is to create a series of hurdles for microorganisms.
The natural oils from the Meyer lemon zest perfume the sea salt making it a beautiful finish for fish, popcorn, vegetables, or grilled foods. Recipe adapted from Food in Jars cookbook.
