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Pickled Cauliflower

  Pickled Cauliflower is easy to make home recipe for quick pickled cauliflower. Curry and turmeric  give special color to cauliflower florets.   It takes only 30 minutes to make this pickled cauliflower recipe. The ingredients are simple to get; besides one small cauliflower, you need vinegar, water, some sugar,… Read more »

Easy Plum Jam

  Easy Plum Jam is the best way to use fresh plums during their season. Easy low sugar plum jam for first time jam makers!   Blue plums are the best for making jam, prunes or grappa. You don’t need to peel their soft skin away since it dissolves while… Read more »

Rustic Apricot Jam Recipe

  Rustic Apricot Jam Recipe is my grandmother’s vintage recipe for the best results. Three ingredients only to have healthy, pectin free breakfast jam, dessert spread or to serve with your favourite cookies.   If I simply named this  homemade apricot no pectin jam as „ apricot jam „ the… Read more »

Passion Fruit Preserves

  Passion Fruit Preserves is made of three ingredients only ( passion fruit pulp, pectin and sugar ). It makes perfect tropical flavours to spread over your favourite dessert, porridge, waffles, toast or ice cream. After two weeks quarantine, I finally went out to do some real shopping at the… Read more »

Homemade Fig Jam

  Homemade Fig Jam : Marmellata di Fichi : come farla di casa. Fresh figs, sugar, orange, or lemon juice to have no pectin small batch of fig preserves! Three ingredients only!   I love making homemade fig preserves with orange juice, not lemon. For that purpose, you may prefer… Read more »

Wild Strawberry Jam without Pectin

    Wild Strawberry Jam without Pectin is vegan and gluten free combination of garden and wild strawberries to have an amazing spread for toast, meringue cake, ice cream, pancakes, or waffles. Perfect gift for your foodie friends also!   If you manage to get wild strawberries, this Wild Strawberry… Read more »

Cured Egg Yolks

  Cured Egg Yolks are perfect replacement for salty hard cheese, grated and sprinkled over your favourite pasta, risotto, or tomato salad. Three ingredients only!   Since ancient times, simple food was cured for delicacies to prepare once the ingredients were expensive or out of season. Type of the food… Read more »

Pickled Mushrooms Recipe

  Pickled Mushrooms Recipe is delicious home made version. Budget friendly, with bay leaves, garlic cloves, and black peppercorns, this pickled mushrooms vintage recipe is easy to make with alcohol vinegar or wine vinegar.   One early Saturday morning, while still extremely hot but after hard rain pouring all night,… Read more »

Homemade Peach Jam Recipe

  Homemade Peach Jam Recipe is the best way to preserve fresh peaches in amazing homemade spread. Great recipe for beginners and experienced cooks.   Have you ever made jam on your own? The flavours releasing during the process are wonderful. Once you get ripe peaches, this simple pectin jam… Read more »

Caramel Apple Jam

  Caramel Apple Jam: falling into perfect combination of flavors! So homemade and comforting  … Apple time, people! One of my closest friends has returned from her holidays just for a few days to pick the apples up at her countryside garden. She also takes a special care of heirloom… Read more »