Canning For Home Cooks – Preserving Fall's Finest
With the harvest season winding down, many people forget about the simple and delicious ways to preserve these ripe fruits and vegetables for the cold winter months. For the uninitiated, canning at home can seem intimidating, but with the proper equipment and patience, it is something home cooks can easily master. Don't have a pressure canner? Marisa McClellan shows you how to make your own at home.
From: Simply Recipes
Instead of making apple sauce with your harvest apples, try apple butter, which doesn't actually contain any butter. Click here to see more apple recipes
From: Consider the Pantry
Meyer lemons are a subtly sweet cross between a normal lemon and a mandarin orange. Typically only available fresh in the late fall and winter, this meyer-lemon jam will last you well into next season.
From: FoodNetwork.com
Roasting the beets before pickling concentrates the juices, so you don't lose too much flavor when you add the pickling brine.
From: Saveur
Pickling and canning mustard greens tempers their bite. These healthy greens are often used to garnish Japanese dishes.
From: American Home Canning
These canned mushrooms are simply cooked and versatile enough to use as pizza toppings or in pasta sauces.
From: Hip Girls Home
This slightly sweet preserve gets a load of flavor from added ginger and is also a unique way to make use of overgrown zucchinis this fall.
From: Seasonal Ontario Food
When eaten raw, quince is tart and astringent. But when cooked slowly and pureed, a tropical fruity sweetness emerges. You can strain the puree to make a clear jelly as well.
From: Saving the Season
Thick-skinned Concord grapes have the most intoxicating scent, and while they are difficult to eat because of their large seeds, they are ideal for jams. This rosemary-infused grape jelly is perfect with warm focaccia.
From: Put Up or Shut Up
Pears are a great fruit for canning, with a firm texture and a subtle flavor, and versatile enough to garnish a salad, bake in a tart, or simply eat alone with chocolate sauce.
Sweet and Sour Pickled Red Onions
From: Food in Jars
Pickling red onions mellows the raw onion flavor and tenderizes the texture. They can be used in salads, to top pizzas, burgers and tacos.