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"These wonderful tomatoes can be put on toasted bread with cheese to make bruschetta or you can add them to pasta dishes. They also make yummy garnishes and are good in salads. Don't throw the olive oil away when the tomatoes are gone! It will be infused with tomato flavor and is great to use in salad dressings or on pasta. The tomatoes will keep..."

Ingredients: fresh ground pepper, Italian tomatoes...

"Thanks to *Preserving Nature's Bounty* by Frances Bissell for this great recipe."

Ingredients: lemons, clementines, sugar...

"Really a conserve being it has nuts and pieces of fruit. This sweet yummy conserve has a hints of lavender and ginger. Great for filling cookies or as a spread. If you can't get lavender it still will be great. You can use flavered sugars or just the good old stand by white sugar! No pectin here for it jells up nicely without it."

Ingredients: fresh lavender blossoms, pine nuts...

"Mostarda is a condiment in Italy - but it's NOT just a mustard. Rather, it is preserved fruit that does have mustard and mustard seed included as a flavouring. Mostarda is delicious with bollilto misto, as it is such a delicious and flavourful accompaniment to the plain, boiled beef. Also exceptional used with cold cuts. Try salami, dabs of..."

Ingredients: dried apricots, dried cherries...

"The figs can be placed in the food processor to crush by pulsing till mushy with some chunks. Using a candy Thermometer will help knowing the setting point, which is at 220 degrees. This has an optional Grand Marnier for a little extra treat."

Ingredients: bottled lemon juice, Grand Marnier...

"Adapted from Leena Eats (http://www.leenaeats.com/blog/recipes/leena-cooks/leena-cooks-n-cans-blood-orange-port-mar/) who adapted it from p. 78 Complete Book of Small-Bath Preserving by Topp & Howard, this combines 5 different varieties of citrus with ginger and sweetened red wine to make a tangy and exotic spread for your morning toast!
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Ingredients: blood oranges, fresh ginger...