Preserve

What could be better than scones spread with home-made strawberry preserve, packed with summer berry scent and flavour, or a fresh apricot preserve to brighten a dull winter's day. Even if you've never made jam before, it's a doddle with Delia's help!

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Makes 3 lb (1.35 kg)

Home-made Christmas Mincemeat

Home-made mincemeat is dead simple to make and this recipe is particularly succulent and moist, as the suet slowly melts to coat the fruits, sealing in moisture and flavour.

Serves 4

A Confit of Redcurrants, Orange and Mint

Perfect with lamb, this easy confit is a superb way to use up any gluts of redcurrants that may assail you during the summer!

Serves 8-12

Cranberry and Onion Confit

A confit, as the name suggests, is a kind of sauce reduced to a concentrated, jam-like consistency. This one is a good accompaniment for all kinds of things at Christmas. As it keeps well in the fridge for four weeks, I personally make double the qua

Makes 3-4 lb (1.35-1.8 kg)

Fresh Apricot Preserve

This is my mother's recipe, and every year she waits patiently for the price of apricots to come down – which usually happens in August, especially at the end of a warm summer day when whole boxes are sold off at the markets by stallholders at bargai

Makes 3 x 1 lb (350 ml capacity) jars

Gooseberry and Elderflower Preserve

Was it a happy accident or nature's clever plan, that while English gooseberries are ripe and ready for picking, the elderflower trees are in full blossom, and that the flavours of the two together are superlative? Now that elderflower is concentrate

Makes seven 0.5 litre jars

Dark Chunky Marmalade

Delia describes this marmalade as the best she's ever tasted and marmalade makers should rejoice: it needs long, slow cooking so is really easy to make.

Makes four 17½ fl oz (500 ml) preserving jars

Giardiniere Pickles (Italian Garden Pickles)

Bottle summer vegetables for a taste of summer in the depths of winter. These lovely Italian-style pickles are superb with a plate of charcuterie or cheeses and good bread.

Makes 6 lb (2.75 kg)

Christmas Easy: Home-made Christmas Mincemeat

Delia's mincemeat is, as you'd expect, totally brilliant. So make up some batches of this lovely mincemeat - you won't believe how easy it is and it puts anything you can buy well and truly in the shade!

Makes three 1 lb (350 ml capacity) jars

Dark Apricot and Almond Conserve

A lovely dark preserve that you can make in the winter months, when fresh fruit is out of season, as it uses dried apricots. Apricots and almonds have a wonderful affinity and this is bound to become a family favourite!

Serves 4

A Confit of Cranberries for serving with Game or Duck

The title says it all and this jewel-like confit is the perfect foil for the richness of game or duck - you could also serve it with cheeses and cold cuts at Christmas as a change from your usual chutney.

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