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Spring and Easter Recipes Collection – We have gathered a list of Spring and Easter-themed recipes on Life’s Little Sweets, including cupcakes, candy, snacks, and more!
These Fresh Spring Rolls have vermicelli, cooked shrimp, carrots, cucumber, basil, mint, & cilantro all wrapped up in a rice wrapper. They are delicious when dipped in our easy peanut sauce recipe, plum sauce, or your favorite dipping sauce.
Whether you’re looking for warm soup recipes for the change of seasons, or comfort food to keep you company during the refreshing days of spring, you’ll find plenty of food inspiration here!
Nettle Pesto has foraged, wild, stinging nettles (Urtica dioica), fresh garlic, extra virgin olive oil, Parmesan cheese (or substitute vegan Parmesan cheese, if vegan), Kosher salt, and fresh ground black pepper. It's vibrant, vegetal, and loaded with vitamins and minerals. Try this Nettle Pesto on your favorite pasta, on toast and it's a great sauce to go with chicken, fish, meat, or vegetables.
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This Homemade Fruit Jam is made with your favorite fruit (high in natural pectin), freshly squeezed lemon juice, sugar, and Kosher salt. In this case, the jam is made with foraged wineberries (Japanese Raspberry) and fresh, local blueberries! Only 4 ingredients!
Hello Everyone, one of the summer's best joys is making fresh, homemade jam with fresh, locally picked berries and fruit.
Included in this post is a video showing the step-by-step process of how to make this homemade fruit jam without pectin.
We have a whole post about wineberries (Japanese raspberries) below where you can read about them and see a list of recipes using wineberries.
I link (Amazon affiliate links) to the items that I use, or similar, for this recipe in the printable, recipe card at the end of the post.
You can customize this jam, however, you want as long as you keep to fruit and berries that are high in pectin (or act like they are high in pectin): blueberries, raspberries, blackberries, strawberries, and citrus fruits.
The jam in these photos has the seed left in the jam.
If you want to separate the seeds, you can use a food mill or a jam sieve to separate the seeds.
If you use the jam sieve, make sure the jam is still liquid enough to go through the fine mesh so it will have to be filtered partway through cooking and returned to the pot to finish cooking.
If you use honey, make sure to use half the amount called granulated white sugar because the honey is more concentrated.
Please note that if you use honey, it can change the way the jam tastes because honey tastes different and also depends on the type of honey you choose since there are many types of honey varieties.
It's a practice that is something to look forward to and you can enjoy this jam for up to 3 weeks after making it (stored in the refrigerator).
If you know how to can fruit preserves, they can last much longer, and enjoy this jam into the cooler weather months.
If you make this recipe and like it, please give it a rating in the recipe card below and let us know in the comments at the end of the post.
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This Homemade Fruit Jam is made with your favorite fruit (high in natural pectin), freshly squeezed lemon juice, sugar, and Kosher salt. In this case, the jam is made with foraged wineberries (Japanese Raspberry) and fresh local blueberries!
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