Preserves
 | Nothing beats a pot of home-made jam, marmalade or mincemeat – and they make lovely gifts for friends. Delia removes the mystique from the rolling boil, setting and sterilising, allowing you to apply the technique to other fruit too. |
How to make marmalade
You simply must make the most of the fleeting Seville orange season and make pots of jewelled marmalade to last you through the year. You won't believe how easy it is!
How to make mincemeat
Far superior to anything you can buy, home-made mincemeat will give your mince pies and tarts the edge at Christmas!
How to make strawberry preserve
Keep that summer feeling going by making your own strawberry jam - not only is it dead easy, but you can then enjoy a taste of summer in the depths of winter.
Cooks' Questions on Preserves
Find out what questions our members are asking about making jam, pickles and chutney...
How to make jams, marmalade and preserves
Follow a few simple rules and you'll never be mystified by preserve-making again! And, once you've got the basics, you can use just about any fruit for preserving.
How to make chutneys and pickles
Whether it's for the village fete, to give as gifts or simply to use up a glut in the vegetable plot, chutneys and pickles go down a storm with just about everyone. Just add cheese or cold meats...
Delia on the joys of preserving
Making your own preserves isn't just the preserve of the WI: once you know what to do, it's satisfyingly easy and will guarantee you never buy another pot of jam again!
Ten steps to jam-making
As with many other cookery techniques, jam-making demands knowledge of a few simple rules if you're to guarantee success every time. Here they are...
