This easy low sugar raspberry jam recipe is bursting with raspberry flavor. It uses less sugar and can be made with fresh or frozen raspberries. When spoons were passed around with samples of this homemade raspberry jam, the collective response was, “mmmmmmmmmm”. A partial jar soon disappeared, and a second jar never made it into…
This yummy pear ginger jam teams up the sweetness of pears with the warmth of fresh ginger. This recipe uses less sugar and makes a unique gift.
These plum preserves are lightly sweetened with honey and spiced with cardamon. The flavor is good – tart and spicy – a bit like a chutney. We use the natural pectin in plums for gelling – no commercial pectin needed. Try it with poultry, stirred into yogurt, or drizzled over ice cream.
We were once again blessed with an abundance of pears from the neighbors after helping them harvest their pear tree, so I decided to experiment with another pear jam combination. This time around we made blueberry pear jam, pairing up the sweetness of the pears with berries, lemon and a touch of vanilla. My husband…
I tried plain pear jam several years ago and was underwhelmed. The taste was quite bland. This year I’ve been blessed with a bounty of pears from the neighbors again, so I went looking for some different recipes. First I took the most overripe pears and made up a batch of pear wine with candied…