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artisan jams and chutneys, Blue Chair Jam Cookbook, harvest, harvest season, herb, jam, peaches, preserves, soulful experience, summer, yellow peaches
mid summer yellow peaches beg to be blanched and preserved
the peeling process after a quick blanch
squeeze lovely juice from peels
six pounds of prepared peaches ready for preserving
simmer, simmer, boil and bubble
resting peaches present foam that is skimmed off then remaining pulp is mashed and simmered again to set point or 220 F, adding six sprigs of fresh rosemary during the last five minutes
rosemary removed, jars filled and ready for lids and time in the oven to seal. This jam is pure heaven on just about anything!
This harvest season I give a nod to the Blue Chair Jam Cookbook for shifting my preserve process.
Most recipes are fruit, sugar, lemon, and time allowing simple ingredients to marry.
Rosemary was my addition here, as this herb kisses this fruit with a goodness we remember.
Have you tried your hand at preserves?
I promise it is a rewarding, soulful experience.
Currently on the prowl for figs—my concord grapes will soon ripen and they too will be transformed.
Update on fig prowl: My fruit prince surprised me with 15# of brown turkeys Saturday—he has connections. So last Sunday I prepared the most elegant fig jam with fennel/gin infusion. Need I say more? Yes, for lunch today I had French Roquefort with fresh figs! She is dead and in heaven….
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