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Voucher Worth £5.00 when you spend £25.00 on equipment, including jam making equipment, from Harrod Horticulture with every copy. Voucher to be used by 1st January 2010

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From the author of one of the UK's best selling gardening books, this collaboration with his wife brings their favourite recipes to you.

Like all our books, it's straightforward, tested and practical.

The chapter list and my comments will give you a good idea of what's covered:

  • History of Making Preserves
    Did you know they go back to Roman times!
  • Hygiene and How Preserving Works
    You need to know a few bits so your hobby doesn't end you up in hospital
  • Jams, Jellies, Marmalades, Curds, Butters & Cheeses
    What they are, how they differ etc
  • Equipment for Jam Making
    What you need to do the job
  • Jam Making Method
    Basic how-to guide
  • Low Sugar, Microwave and Machine Made Jams
    Some alternatives to normal jams
  • When Things go Wrong
    Sometimes it just doesn't work out, but you can often rescue your jam.
  • Jam Recipes
    16 fantastic recipes, all the old standards and some unusual jams too
  • Making Marmalade
    The basic method
  • Marmalade Recipes
    7 great recipes we love
  • Conserves
    Not just posh jams, these are really special
  • Fruit Curds
    From my favourite Lemon Curd to Blackberry Curd (Yummy!)
  • Fruit Butters
    If you've never tried these you're in for a treat
  • Fruit Cheeses
    Includes how to make your own sweets.. not for the kids either!
  • Chutneys
    The basic method for successful chutney
  • Equipment for Making Chutney
    You don't need a lot, but this helps you get what you need
  • Vinegar Sugar & Spices
    What sorts to use and how they affect flavours etc.
  • Standard Method for Making Chutney
    The basic guide to help you develop your own recipes
  • Tips and Things That Can go Wrong When Making Chutney
    Like jams, sometimes it doesn't work but you can often rescue your preserve.
  • Chutney Recipes
    15 of our favourite recipes
  • Relishes
    9 delicious relishes
  • Pickles
    From pickled eggs and onions to our own 'Branston' style pickle. 17 recipes to start you off
  • Vinegar
    How to make your own special vinegars
  • Spiced Vinegars
    4 basic recipes (useful for pickling too)
  • Flavoured Vinegars
    From raspberry vinegar to herb and chilli vinegars
  • Ketchups and Sauces
    A little background information and methods for making your own
  • Secondary Sterilizing for Sauces & Ketchups
    An important step, carefully explained
  • Sauces and Ketchup Recipes
    Make your own grown-up tomato ketchup, mushroom ketchup, horesradish sauce base that keeps so you can make it quickly when you need it and our versions of 'HP Sauce'
  • Conversion Chart
    Helps when converting recipes you may come across
  • Index
    Quickly find the bit you need.
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Comment on Easy Jams Chutneys & Preserves

I find the book (as I found all the other books from the Harrisons' pens) a very comfortable and very comforting read. The reader can be inspired to leap out and gather the ingredients straight away, or simply dream of the polished, filled and labelled, jewelled jars on their shelves- to be done sometime in the future. The one that caught my fancy was elderflower jelly.  Too perfumed for turkey? (or just the very dab?)  time will tell. Thank you again

Peggy Mack

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What a book!!! From the time it arrived I haven't put it down!

I've never made jams, chutneys ect before but can't stop now.

This book makes it so easy. Takes all the fear out of jam making.

Oh and not just jams ....but that's for you to find out when you get the book.

Mrs S Collett

This is not just another preserve book, of which I have several, but all the recipes are tried and tested by the Harrisons, their friends and relatives.

I have so far tried several of the recipes and they are very good.

Mrs A Clarke