I began regularly preserving in 2014, and I particularly enjoy coming up with ideas to deal with gluts of fruit; either because friends and family have overflowing fruit trees, or because of seasonal gluts with commercial fruit, meaning I can buy very cheaply at the markets. I like how I can clearly see both the passing seasons, and the abundances of particular fruits, in the series of products I’ve made.
I now note how many jars I make, and also note when they’re used, so this is something of a stocktake as well. For readers in Canberra interested in buying or bartering, this will also give you an idea of what I have available 🙂 (To clarify, if there is no number next to a preserve, it means it’s all gone I’m afraid)
Autumn 2014
Crabapple jelly
Sierra sweet plum jam
Late season peach jam
Fig and glace orange jam
Pear jam with vanilla & elderflower
Winter 2014
Lime marmalade x 1
Strawberry and cumquat jam
Lemon and mandarin marmalade with lavender
Tomatillo and lime jam
Ruby grapefruit marmalade
Limoncello marmalade
Hot Indian lime pickle
Lime and chilli pickle
Thai pickled lime slices
Sweet Indian lime pickle
Dark Seville orange marmalade
Lemon, lime and blood orange curds
Quince jelly x 3
Quince paste
Brandied cumquats
Pickled cumquats
Sweet and salty cumquats
Spring 2014
Blood orange and strawberry marmalade
Blood orange cordial
Blood lime marmalade
Summer 2015
Blackcurrant jam
Crème de Cassis
Nectarine jam
Wild blackberry jam
Blackberry vinegar
Plum butter
Three plum and strawberry jam
Chinese plum sauce
Toffeed fig jam
Plum paste
Sticky fig chutney
Hot, sweet, plum chutney
Fig paste with fennel and thyme
Autumn 2015
Black grape jelly jam
Harissa
Eggplant pickle
Parsi Tomato chutney
Crystallised ginger
Winter 2015
Passionfruit curd
Lemon curd
Spring 2015
Strawberry jam with black pepper and balsamic vinegar
Rhubarb curd
Rhubarb jam
Pomegranate and blood orange jelly with cranberries x 2 1
Apple and cherry butter
Roasted apple butter x 3
Summer 2016
Apricot jam with rosewater
Smokey chilli plum sauce
Toffeed fig jam
Fig jam
Sticky fig and rhubarb chutney
Black grape and fig jelly jam x 3 2
Apple jelly x 4
Autumn 2016
Quince and ginger jam x 4 2
Rhubarb and grapefruit jam
Winter 2016
Lime marmalade x 2
Spring 2016
Rhubarb jam x 1
Strawberry jam
Summer 2017
Apricot jam
Fig and Galliano jam x 1
Pear and leatherwood jam
Cherry tomato and chilli jam x 1
Parsi tomato chutney
Late season peach jam
Autumn 2017
English green tomato chutney x 6 1
Indian green tomato pickle
Fermented green tomatoes
Antipasto green tomatoes in olive oil
Winter 2017
Gari (sushi pickled ginger)
Beni shoga (red pickled ginger)
Green tomato and cinnamon jam x 2
Spring 2017
Strawberry jam
Cherry and Amaretto jam x 1
Summer 2018
Fig vodka
Autumn 2018
Glace figs
Winter 2018
Moroccan preserved lemons
Gari (sushi pickled ginger)
Harissa x 1
Spring 2018
Strawberry jam
Lemonade fruit and orange cordial
Summer 2019
Apricot jam x 5 2
Plum, rhubarb and strawberry jam
Plum, orange and cardamom jam x 8 1
Plumcot jam x 2 1
Autumn 2019
Fig paste with lemon and fennel seed
Tomatillo and lime marmalade x 6 5
Black grape jelly jam
G&T marmalade x 9 1
Tomatillo salsa x 5 3 (tubs in freezer)
Autumn spiced pear-lemon marmalade x 8 1
Winter 2019
Rhubarb-cumquat jam x 4 2
Orange-cumquat marmalade with cardamom x 8 1
Lemon-mandarin marmalade with lavender x 3 1
Candied mixed peel
Pickled mandarins x 2 large jars
Gari (sushi pickled ginger)
Spring 2019
Lemon curd
Strawberry-Pimm’s jam with orange and lemon
English three-fruit marmalade (grapefruit/Seville orange/lemon) x 9 1
Four-berry jam (strawberry/raspberry/blueberry/blackcurrant) x 5 2
Roasted strawberry jam
Eggplant pickle
Summer 2020
Peacherine and elderflower jam x 6 3
Prune plum jam x 4 2
Plum and cardamom conserve x 2
Autumn 2020
Candied mixed peel
Green fig preserves x 4 2
Fermented green tomatoes
Glace figs
Winter 2020
Spring 2020
Strawberry jam
Summer 2021
Jostaberry and cranberry relish
Brandied yellow plum jam x 6 3
Yellow plum jelly jam x 4
White nectarine and elderflower jam x 3 2
Yellow plum paste
Candied cumquats x 2
Hot sweet plum chutney x 2 1
Figgy bourbon conserve
Autumn 2021
Fig and pomegranate jam
Lebanese fig jam (m’rabbah al teen) x 4 1
Pickled figs in balsamic vinegar x 4
Hedgerow (crab apple, rose-hip, rowan, and raspberry) jelly x 5
Crabapple jelly x 4
Winter 2021
Spring 2021
Strawberry jam x 2
Rose petal jam x 2
Rose syrup x 4 2
Summer 2022
Blackberry jam x 4 3
Hot sweet plum chutney x 5 4
Parsi tomato chutney x 4 3
Smooth blackberry jam x 4 2
Autumn 2022
Roasted spiced plum jam x 4
Parsi plum chutney x 4 1
Blood plum jam x 5 4
Poached quince (for freezer)
Winter 2022
Medlar jelly x 3
English green tomato chutney x 4 3
Rhubarb and grapefruit jam x 7
Spring 2022
Cedero lemon limoncello x 1
Preserved lemons x 1
Strawberry cumquat jam x 7 6
Rose syrup x 3
Rhubarb cumquat jam x 6
Summer 2023
Plum, orange and cardamom jam x 8
Autumn 2023
Lebanese fig jam (m’rabbah al teen) x 4
Fig and Early Grey jam x 5
Stem ginger in syrup x 1
Feijoa pickle x
Feijoa and lemon marmalade x 6
Feijoa, ginger, and Makrut lime chutney x
Rhubarb chutney (rhubarb ni chatni) x tbc
Winter 2023
Pomegranate and blood orange jelly with cranberries x tbc
Medlar jelly x tbc