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Ways to preserve fruit

Make your fruit last longer and go further with these easy preserving ideas.
Plum jam
by Pam Corbin

This is a great recipe to use up any excess plums from a productive tree. In order to keep the jam full of chunky pieces of plum, this recipe uses a two-stage method – the softened plums will absorb the sugar as they rest in the syrup and this will stop them rising to the top of the jar.

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Blackberry jelly

by Emily Angle
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Cherry jam

by Pam Corbin
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How to make jam

by Thane Prince
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Very easy raspberry jam

by Pam Corbin
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Strawberry jam

by Mary Berry
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Plum compôte

by Sophie Dahl
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Courgette and ginger jam

by Pam Corbin
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Rhubarb and vanilla jam

by Silvena Rowe
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Lemon curd

by The BBC Food team
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Gooseberry jam

by Mari Williams
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Rhubarb and ginger jam

by Pam Corbin
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Blackcurrant cordial

by Pam Corbin
Drinks and cocktails

How to make marmalade

by Thane Prince
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Redcurrant jelly

by Pam Corbin
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Black cherry and hazelnut jam

by Dan Lepard
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How to make chilli jam

by Thane Prince
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Mango chutney

by Romy Gill
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Hedgerow jelly

by Pam Corbin
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Fruit leather

by Pam Corbin
Light meals & snacks

Apple butter

by Pam Corbin
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Crab apple jelly

by Pam Corbin
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Orange and thyme curd

by Pam Corbin
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How to make chutney

by Thane Prince
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Spiced apple chutney

by The BBC Food team
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Freezer jam

by Shivi Ramoutar
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Homemade lemon curd

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