This ode to Gran celebrates the memories of rhubarb and tea. The recipe calls for chopped rhubarb, sugar, strong brewed Earl Grey tea, lemon, salt, and liquid pectin. After boiling the mixture and achieving the desired consistency, it can be used as topping for various dishes.
Category: canning
Rhubarb Jelly
Delicate and Flavorful Rhubarb Jelly for Toast and Pairing Ideas
Messy & Bright – Christmas Jam Two Ways
I know! It is way to early to be chatting Christmas, but these are some delicious jams that you need to make while the berries are fresh, and then give away for Christmas. So I am going to sprinkle your feed with a little (EARLY) holiday cheer. First the presents…I mean recipes, then the chit…
The Great Scape Jelly
We love a savoury jelly on some soft cheese like brie or goat cheese. With all the garlic scapes, I had to find a jelly recipe. Surprise, surprise, I couldn’t find just one I liked, but a few, so I did a little mashup to come up with a savoury jelly that had all the…
The Great Scape – Mustard
With my first year of scapes I am trying all sorts of recipes. The one I think I am most excited for is this one, garlic scape mustard. I’ve always wanted to try making mustard so I found a few recipes, and as usual, mixed a few together and added some of my own ingredients,…
Let’s Salsa!
I have zero groove, but let me tell you, I do a happy dance when I eat homemade salsa. I haven’t made much canned salsa in the past, sticking with fresh Pico de Gallo instead. This year, with an abundance of tomatoes, it was time to make some salsa….and it is YUMMY. Here is my…
Zucchini Garden Salsa
Another great option for any zucchini you have that you just don’t know what to do with. Our house smelled so good when this was cooking that we had to keep one jar out of the canner so that we could immediately consume it. INGREDIENTS *Makes 8 pints 10 cups zucchini (grated or small chunks)…
Apricotageddon Jam
As previously noted we got inundated with apricots from our neighbours tree, so it was only natural to make a bunch of jam! Here is the delicious recipe followed by some chit chat (if you are interested). INGREDIENTS *Makes about 8 half-pints. 8 cups of diced apricots 1/4 cup lemon juice 5 cups sugar 1…
The Importance of Canning
As we are planning our garden for the 2021 growing year, we are also determining how we will process some of our foods. Up until we started growing a large garden, we hadn’t spent any time canning food. Our little garden in our rental gave us enough food to enjoy while it grew, but wasn’t…
We Be Jammin’ – Peach Brown Sugar Bourbon Jam
Recipe makes approx 8 half pints INGREDIENTS ~ 12 medium peaches, peeled, pitted and cut into large chunks ~ 3 cups brown sugar ~ 2 cups granulated sugar ~ 1/2 cup lemon juice ~ 1 box pectin ~ 1/2 cup bourbon (your choice, I had Southern Comfort in my cabinet so I went with that…even…
JK Building The Dream 