Jams and preserves

This is the easiest strawberry jam you can make and it tastes amazing! Strawberries have a short season, so preserve them while they are still in season.

This sauce is also fantastic like the previous one I made with strawberries.   If you leave it to boil for more time until the fluids evaporate you will make a great kiwi jam. Preparationtime: 5minutes Cooking time: about 15 minutes Makes:  about 1 cup Ingredients 4 kiwis ½ cup of sugar 1 tablespoonbrandy 1 …

This strawberry sauce is perfect over vanilla, strawberry, or chocolate ice cream but it’s also delicious over waffles, pancakes, and crepes.

Glyko Bergamonto or Bergamot fruit preserve is one of the most delicious and aromatic Greek fruit preserves (glyka tou koutaliou in Greek).

Kitromilaki or Nerantzi Glyko, is a fruit preserve made with Seville Oranges when they are small and the seeds have not yet developed inside.

How can we tell if the syrup is ready? That is a good question. There are several methods, old and new, to tell if the syrup has the right density.

If your preserves have mildew or the sugar has crystalized, don’t throw them away as today we are going to learn how to fix these preserves. 

Glyka tou koutaliou, which means spoon sweets, are traditional, homemade sweet fruit preserves, served in a spoon as a gesture of hospitality in Greece and Cyprus. They can be made from almost any fruit, though sour and bitter fruits are especially prized. There are even spoon sweets made from vegetables and flowers.

Μint is a herbaceous rhizomatous perennial plant native to all temperate climates. Spearmint leaves can be used fresh, dried, or frozen. They can also be preserved in salt, sugar, sugar syrup, alcohol, or oil.