250 Home Preserving Favorites: From Jams and Jellies to Marmalades and Chutneys [Paperback]

Yvonne Tremblay (Author), Colin Erricsson (Illustrator)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 18, 2010

Homemade preserves outshine store-bought every time.

By following these mouth-watering recipes, the home cook can enjoy the delicious rewards of soft spreads for months and months. Experienced canners and novices making their first batch of jam alike will be successful, creating incredible jams, jellies, marmalades, conserves, fruit butters and chutneys.

These 250 recipes have a slightly more gourmet approach, embracing unique combinations and less traditional ingredients, and handy step-by-step instructions enable any preserver to follow them with ease and confidence.

The essence of summer can be enjoyed year-round with delectable spreads such as these:

Lemon blueberry marmalade

Orange and Earl Grey tea marmalade

Strawberry cantaloupe jam

Spiced mango jam

Watermelon raspberry jam<

Fresh fig jam

Tequila sunrise jelly

Plum orange jelly

The author also provides extensive and easy-to-understand information on the use of canning equipment, and there is a guide to solving common soft spread problems. With these new and innovative recipes, there's never been a better time to embrace the time-honored tradition of canning.

Editorial Reviews

Review

If making home preserves from Mother Nature's bounty of fruits is in your to-do plan this summer, this guide will help novices get started. If making home preserves from Mother Nature's bounty of fruits is in your to-do plan this summer, this guide will help novices get started. (Judy Creighton TheSpec.com 2010)

Mouth-watering color photography, and easy to follow recipes plus tips and variations in the margins of the pages. I think these books will become favorite go-to books for those who want to learn about preserving food, and those who already know how, but want more ideas. Get them now and soon, you'll always have a little something to bring a hostess or brighten up a meal.

Book Description

These 250 recipes have a slightly more gourmet approach, embracing unique combinations and less traditional ingredients, and handy step-by-step instructions enable any preserver to follow them with ease and confidence.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 304 pages
• Publisher: Robert Rose (March 18, 2010)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 077880237X
• ISBN-13: 978-0778802372
• Product Dimensions: 7 x 1 x 10 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #462,859 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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8 of 9 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars A fantastic cookbook that covers all the basics...and then some November 4, 2011

By Koren Oransky

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I am a professional jam maker. This book is a terrific resource for a jam maker of ANY ability level....from absolute beginner to someone working on their 300th batch.

Yvonne has a short section on water bath canning, which far too many jam cookbooks skip or even dismiss. Yeah, I know...I'm gonna get about three "well, my granny did XXXXX instead of water bath canning, and she never killed anyone in XXXX years", or a "you Americans are so paranoid...Europeans do XXXX and no one dies" responses to this. The fact remains that the USDA and several state universities have consistently endorsed only water bath canning and/or pressure canning to ensure the safety of homemade products. [If you want to continue to play "Cheat the Reaper" with your shortcut methods, knock yourself out. The home canner who wants to make sure that his or her products are prepared safely needs to know this information before handing out their special blends.]

She also has handy purchase guides so you buy enough fruit, handy tips, a chart telling you about different fruits relative pectin and acid levels, a section on small batch jams you can make in a microwave, single fruit jams, mixed fruit jams, conserves, tips for making successful marmalades, recipes using the products you can make from the recipes in this book [not just dessert ones!] and more.

I've been at this for a while and I learned some new stuff, too. This book came to my rescue when I needed to find out how to prepare some prickly pear jam. I had never done that before and could not find a decent recipe for it until I looked in this book. Thank you so much, Yvonne!

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Forget store-bought forever July 28, 2010

By Red Hot Cook

Format:Paperback

Never having done any home preserving before I wasn't sure I'd be able to pull it off. But when I saw how easy it was using Yvonne Tremblay's 250 Home Preserving Favorites, I knew canning was something that I'd keep doing forever.

So far I've created the Lemon Blueberry Marmalade, Watermelon Raspberry Jam, Tequila Sunrise Jelly and the Banana Date and Orange Conserve. There is a huge selection of recipes - as you can see, the book includes recipes for all kinds of jams, jellies, marmalades, conserves, fruit butters and chutneys.

The easy to follow, step-by-step instructions made me feel like a pro right away. Now I can capture the flavorful essence of summer all year round - as well as knowing what I'm eating! I highly recommend this book.

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars A Home Preserving winner! July 2, 2010

By Cookbook Lover

Format:Paperback

Wanting to know where my family's food comes from and wanting to eat healthy all throughout the year, I thought I'd continue our family tradition of canning. I love making home preserves and my family is thrilled that they are able to eat fresh raspberry jam all throughout the year (they actually won't eat any store bought jam, jelly, or chutney store since trying the recipes I made from this book).

My daughter wanted to help out, and with these simple recipes she was able to make her own batch of Lemon Blueberry Marmalade. It turned out better than mine!

The recipes are unique, tasty, and simple to follow. We're thrilled with this book and are so happy to share it with anyone interested in making their own spreads.