Water Bath Fruit Recipes

"This jam is made without pectin and the list of ingredients couldn't be simpler. You will need a very large pot to prepare this in, as the jam boils up double in size during the early stages of cooking."

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Ingredients: lemon juice, sugar, apricots...

"This recipe is posted by request-original poster is Mimi Hiller."

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Ingredients: cinnamon, water, white sugar...

"MMMM...Chocolate and Raspberries. What could be better as a preserve? I found this recipe on the Web somewhere, I forget where exactly. Probably at Recipes Downunder. I'm going to make this as Christmas presents for this year, but haven't had time yet. I hope it's as delicious as it sounds!"

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Ingredients: fresh raspberries, frozen raspberries...

"I'm new to canning, so when I find a recipe that doesn't involve pectin or cheesecloth, I'm happy. This is another Nigella Lawson recipe, only slightly altered by me. I like really bitter and rich marmalade. If you don't, just use 1 kg of white sugar and halve the lemon juice."

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Ingredients: bottled lemon juice, sugar...

"If you are lucky enough to find them, get your hot little hands on some Damson plums. They are small and sour when fresh, but make the absolute best plum jam in the world. I have listed two different options for amounts of sugar/water in the recipe. The lower amounts will make a soft, very tart jam. That's the way I like it. With more sugar and water..."

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Ingredients: plums, sugar, water...

"I have revised this recipe. Cooks have told me it has been too juicy. When it is time to fill a pie shell,(if you desire) you can peel two apples and add sliced apples to this filling or raisins and nuts if you wish.Sprinkle 1/4 cups flour and 8 dots of butter before adding top crust. If you don't want a top crust,I have added recipe for oatmeal crunch..."

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Ingredients: cornstarch, rice flour...

"I've tasted this recipe many times. The apples are great over ice cream or as a topping for french toast or pancakes. I am planning on trying to make it this fall."

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Ingredients: cinnamon, cornstarch...

"A beautiful marmalade, definitely a morning eye-opener! Have your bagel and cream cheese ready! I use a lemon zester to remove the rind from the fruit. It makes delicate, thin strips of rind without any of the pith. This recipe went together easily for me the first time I tried it; I like the more definitive measurements."

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Ingredients: lemons, sugar, water...

"Came up with this when making Dandelion Jam and drinking a mojito. Try some on a fresh grilled tuna steak, lamb or pork chops, melt and mix into a fruit salad, add to home made salad dressing or add to a salsa... Great for gift giving."

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Ingredients: fresh mint, lemon zest...

"We have an old Italian prune tree in the front yard that is usually loaded every year. We fix many of them this way, and have wonderfully sweet, spicy prunes for breakfast all year. We usually spend a whole weekend canning prunes and making apple butter. (another old tree in the yard). Any type plum would most likely work."

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Ingredients: cinnamon sticks, tawny port...

"I often use currants instead of pectin in making jams. They add a lively tang and ensure the jam sets beautifully, especially since I use as little sugar as I can get away with. Use red currants and red raspberries together, or black currants with black raspberries."

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Ingredients: red raspberries, sugar, water...