A few years ago we had a hands-on jam canning class with Marisa McClellan of Food in Jars. This delightful Pear Vanilla Jam sweetened with honey was the result of that class. It’s perfect with yogurt, or spread on waffles – even by the spoonful! If you haven’t swapped out sugar for honey in your […]
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We had a great kick-off weekend at the PA Farm Show! It was great to see so many of you stop by our Preservation Station to say Hello! We were busy making Pear Vanilla Jam, Pear Pineapple Marmalade, Spiced Pear Cranberry Jam, Lavender Jelly and Pear Ginger Jam from Preserving with Pomona’s Pectin (see recipe below). […]
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Recently, Marisa McClellan, popular food blogger and author of Food in Jars and Preserving by the Pint, stopped by our warehouse for a couple canning classes. We talked about how to make low or no sugar jam, using Pomona’s Pectin. The result was a splendid pear vanilla jam with honey (recipe below). Here are a […]
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Pears are such a great choice to make a flavorful preserve, especially in this Salted Caramel Pear Butter recipe. We’ve made pear butter, pear jams, pear ginger conserve, and Pear-Cranberry Conserve with Almonds and Crystallized Ginger. Pears make great jams, conserves, syrups, chutneys, and even sweet pear butters. This Salted Caramel Pear Butter recipe from […]
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September is National Honey Month and it seemed fitting for us to celebrate with this Ginger Honey Pear Butter recipe. Not only because we have a pretty sweet line of honey jars, but also because we’ve been enjoying honey sweetened preserves and all the benefits of swapping honey for sugar in our jams, fruit butters […]
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September is National Honey Month and it seemed fitting for us to celebrate. Not only because we have a pretty sweet line of honey jars, but also because we’ve been enjoying honey sweetened preserves and all the benefits of swapping honey for sugar in our jams, fruit butters and other preserves. If you haven’t tried […]
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If you are following along with the Food in Jars Mastery Challenge, then you know that July’s challenge is hot pack preserving. This method of preserving is the act of putting food that is warm or cooked into jars and then processing them. Think tomato sauce, salsa, dilled carrot spears, BBQ sauce, even jam and […]
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Updated June 2023 Over the years, we’ve tried and shared quite a few recipes using Pomona’s Pectin…so we’ve pulled together a few of our favorite jam and jelly recipes here in our Pomona’s pectin jam recipe roundup! If you aren’t familiar, Pomona’s Pectin is a sugar-free, preservative-free, low-methoxyl citrus pectin that does not require sugar […]
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