Fruit in Jars?

RustyFlange

I started a thread here http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?p=11040469#post11040469

Basically I am trying to find fruit in a jar for a hamper I am making for my FIL for fathers day. Does anyone have any ideas if it would be easily made as this could be the best option due to it not being very easy to find?

Any help or ideas would be really appreciated.
Thanks
Tams

celyn90

Hi Rusty (nice to see your username still intact )

Lidl do cherries in a jar in cherry juice for 99p and they are really nice - you could wash the label off and cover the lid.

I have preserved oranges in syrup before using a recipe from Tessa Kiro's book "falling cloudberries" - haven't got it to hand at the moment, but I think it involved boiling the whole unpeeled oranges in syrup for a while. I remember my mum doing it with orange peel when we were kids and using it in christmas cake. I found the syrup went cloudy and they didn't keep as long as I wanted them too, but they tasted okay - OH got really sick of orange spice cake though :rotfl: :rotfl: You do need to make sure you sterilise the jars first to kill of any nasties.

http://www.fruitexpert.co.uk/CanningAndBottlingFruit.html Not sure if this is of any use

Gingernutmeg

My local co-op sell Polish fruit in jars, I think there's cherries and strawberries. If you live in a fairly diverse area it might be worth looking in the 'international' sections. Also I live near a lot of Greek/Turkish/Cypriot shops and they tend to have it in too, again I think it's a Polish brand - don't know if that's any use to you? My mum has a small deli and she generally has this in, do you live near any small independent shops?

Or you could make something like a rumtopf - if alcohol's not a problem I've got a couple of recipes for things like cherries in port, apricots in amaretto and oranges in brandy, if you want any just say, they're easy to do and the quantities aren't huge.

RustyFlange

celyn90 wrote: »

Hi Rusty (nice to see your username still intact )

Lidl do cherries in a jar in cherry juice for 99p and they are really nice - you could wash the label off and cover the lid.

I have preserved oranges in syrup before using a recipe from Tessa Kiro's book "falling cloudberries" - haven't got it to hand at the moment, but I think it involved boiling the whole unpeeled oranges in syrup for a while. I remember my mum doing it with orange peel when we were kids and using it in christmas cake. I found the syrup went cloudy and they didn't keep as long as I wanted them too, but they tasted okay - OH got really sick of orange spice cake though :rotfl: :rotfl: You do need to make sure you sterilise the jars first to kill of any nasties.

http://www.fruitexpert.co.uk/CanningAndBottlingFruit.html Not sure if this is of any use

Thanks the thread got deleted after about 20 pages!

I knew about the sterilising bottles and things like that but it all sounds rather complicated now!!! maybe I should just stick to buying some already in a jar? lol

Will keep looking and keep finding info. Thanks
Tams

S0litaire

Does your FIL like a tipple?

http://www.culinate.com/columns/front_burner/alcohol_preserved_fruit

It's one way to make sure he has his "5-A-Day"