8 cups washed, pitted apricots chopped into bite-size pieces (about 4½ pounds ripe or slightly underripe whole fruit) 2 cups granulated sugar ½ cup fresh lemon juice (from 3-6 lemons) ...

From breakfast to dessert, there are many recipes that call for jam. Use up a jar of jam in sweet and savory foods like ...

Beginners and seasoned preservers will find amusing, creative and mouth-watering preserves in Preservation Society Home Preserves (Robert Rose Inc., 2015) by Camilla Wynne. A combination of ...

Halve and pit the apricots, then cut in half again (or into smaller pieces if you prefer your jam less chunky). Put into a big bowl, then toss with the sugar and lemon juice. Leave the mixture to ...

This is my idea of a perfect cake: simple, beautiful, fragrant and beguiling. I’ve been making this sort of cake, in one form or another, since my clementine cake in How To Eat, and I can’t ...

Something delicious and a real treat is home-made brioche. My favourite part of making this is the feel of squishing the butter between my fingers and kneading it into the dough, then watching it ...

Halve the apricots, remove the stones and cut each half into four pieces. Place apricots and sugar in a heavy based saucepan, cover and let sit for about 30 mins until the sugar dissolves and the ...