Homemade preserves
Homemade jams and syrups
Summer fruit saved for the cold months: blueberries, raspberries, sour cherries and nectarines. From the same batch we make jam and syrup, cooked separately. For the sour cherries, Carmen sweetens with apple juice.
9 recipes


Quince jam
A smooth, fragrant quince jam, just right for bread and butter, crêpes and cornulețe (crescent biscuits). A classic recipe and a full Thermomix TM6/TM7 method.

Chunky quince preserve
Quince preserve with tender chunks in a golden syrup. Clear quantities, the syrup test and a Thermomix TM6/TM7 adaptation.

Blueberry jam without pectin
Blueberry jam made from fruit macerated overnight with sugar and cooked separately from the syrup.

Nectarine jam with less sugar
Ripe nectarines, a little sugar and lemon. A jam with pieces of fruit, good with yogurt with chia and muesli, on crêpes or on toast.

Blueberry syrup
Blueberry syrup, made from the juice released by the fruit when macerated overnight with sugar.

Raspberry jam without pectin
Raspberry jam, made from fruit macerated overnight with sugar and cooked separately from the syrup.

Raspberry syrup
Raspberry syrup, made from the juice released by fruit macerated overnight with sugar.

Sour cherry jam with apple juice
Sour cherry jam sweetened with pure apple juice, with no granulated sugar.

Sour cherry syrup with apple juice
Sour cherry syrup sweetened with pure apple juice, with no granulated sugar.