Big batches take ages to come to the boil. They fill your kitchens with condensation and you need to watch them for what seems like hours. All of this makes it a lot easier to make small batch preserves more frequently. It’s a lot easier on the home cook than boiling up a year’s supply in one great binge. I firmly believe that in the modern world preserving should be a fun hobby, a leisure activity. It is no longer the necessity it was for our mothers and grandmothers, who had to fill the shelves to feed their family.

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Jam making should be fun and relaxing. Small batch preserving makes it easy to whip up a jam after a stressful day at work to unwind. You can easily make a few jars on Saturday morning between the shopping and lunch. Less waste when things go wrong! Our servers are getting hit pretty hard right now. To continue shopping, enter the characters as they are shown Newton details the craft involved and the equipment needed with pith and understated elegance" ( Guardian)Newton has brought the art of preserving bang up to date… This book is for anyone who wants to dabble in home preserves. Sunday Times Preserving is an ancient technique, which speaks to a modern sensibility. It puts you in step with the seasons, you can use up leftovers, and it helps you rediscover a timeless kitchen craftsmanship – all aspirations of the thoughtful modern cook. Topping and tailing gooseberries and currants for a large batch of jam can really eat into your weekend. I’ve not got time for that! If you want to try pineapple in the piccalilli or chilli in the pineapple jam, why not? If it works, you can easily make another batch of it. I shall not be repeating the kiwi chutney (it looked like frogspawn) but I’m glad I tried it! Marmalade! I don’t generally eat it, but Ed does and I know we need about 20 good sized jars a year for his toast at breakfast and a few spare to give to friends. Seville oranges are seasonal and out of season you simply cannot get hold of them.

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Newton has brought the art of preserving bang up to date... This book is for anyone who wants to dabble in home preserves." ( Sunday Times) I use the same saucepan I boil pasta in for 90% of my preserving. You won’t end up with hundreds of jars of preserves Once you have a dozen successful batches under your belt, you will be able to judge setting point just by looking at your jam. You don’t need any special equipment! Preserving is an ancient technique, one that speaks to a modern sensibility. Putting you in step with the seasons, you can use up leftovers and rediscover a timeless kitchen craftsmanship - the aspiration of all thoughtful modern cooks. With The Modern Preserver, you can master this mindful approach to the kitchen as you head into the new year. Here are some of my favourite fail-safe small batch recipes for home preserving, yielding just 2–3 jars – even a single jar!I used to make traditional big batches of jam, but one day I realised that the jars were taking over. It got to the point where I had too many jars, and I was in danger of turning something fun into a chore. At the time, I had a busy and stressful job. Most Saturday mornings, I would come home with bags laden from the market and make a massive batch of something or other to preserve. From chutney to kimchi, from jam to gin - discover over 130 recipes for timeless preserves with a fresh modern flavour and seasonal appeal! Home / Recipes / Recipes by Course / Easy Jam, Jelly & Preserve Recipes / Secrets of the Modern Preserver – Small Batch Preserves Secrets of the Modern Preserver – Small Batch Preserves I had a whole hall cupboard full of preserves, which was great in a way. However, I live in a city flat with limited storage space and I needed a change of approach.

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You’ll like it if: You enjoy putting an interesting twist on your cooking, you’re interested in experimenting with new preserving techniques and flavour combinations or love to make edible gifts for friends and family. Fill the jars with the vinegar brine, distributing the remaining spices (in the brine) evenly between them and gently pushing down on the contents to let out the air bubbles. Tap the jars gently on a hard surface to remove any more bubbles, add more brine if necessary to completely cover the vegetables, then seal. Preserving is an ancient technique which speaks to a modern sensibility. It puts you in step with the seasons, you can use up leftovers, and it helps you rediscover a timeless kitchen craftsmanship – all aspirations of the thoughtful modern cook. The first preserve I ever made was a tomato and apple chutney, my adaption of a recipe from The Edmonds Cookbook, a New Zealand iconic cookery book dated 1908. Every New Zealand household owns a copy and it remains cookery bible (even though the recipes are super dated), with a world of traditional Kiwiana culinary staples. We continue to produce this chutney in our Newton & Pott range for its sentimental origins.

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While you are learning, things will go wrong at least once! If a small batch goes wrong, it’s less of a disaster. If you let the jam catch on the bottom of the pan, you might waste a pound’s worth of fruit and it’s not the end of the world.

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You will learn more making 10 batches of 3 jars, rather than 2 batches of 15 jars – it’s still 30 jars in the end but 5 times the experience. Modern homes can be small and short on storage space. Who has the space for a giant preserving pan that you could potentially bath a baby in? Not me! Small batch is the way to go. Sometimes you’ll reach setting point before you have had time to drink a mug of tea! After two batches you are twice as experienced as after the first batch. After four you are twice as experienced again!

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Add the lemon juice and jam sugar, stirring to dissolve the sugar while bringing the mixture to the boil. Continue to boil steadily at around 104°C, stirring intermittently, for another 20–25 minutes. From chutney to kimchi, from jam to gin – over 130 recipes for timeless preserves with a fresh modern flavour and seasonal appeal! Good book for: Anyone looking to get into preserving or wanting to discover interesting and exciting ways to use up gluts of fruit and veg. I’ve not got the space to store that, and although preserves can last for years (and maturing over time can be a magic ingredient), they can also dry out or spoil which is a waste! It’s fast – jam in 40 minutes! Hundreds is possibly hyperbole, but if you get bitten by the preserving bug you can potentially make a LOT of jam, jelly and chutney. The photo above was taken in 2010, about a third of the jars in the cupboard at the time!