Nectarines jam

Do you remember the story with the nectarines from the previous year? No? Ok, I'll tell you briefly what it was about: last year I bought nectarines, although I knew they would not taste. It was not their season. And what did I do this year? Exactly! I’ve made the same mistake. Last year I used the nectarines to bake a delicious fruit cake. This year I cooked jam with them. And since the nectarines were not sweet, the marmalade tastes just right.

Green walnut jam

In the previous post I showed you how to make walnut liqueur. Today I have another recipe with green walnuts. The last year I have not only made the liqueur, but also a jam. I'm not 100% sure but I think that is a typical Romanian recipe. I have seen this jam only in Romania and when I asked friends from other countries, if they know the jam, they said no.

Rhubarb jam

I don’t know if I have told you before, but I love rhubarb and I am always happy when the rhubarb season begins. Then I bake a lot with rhubarb. New (rhubarb tart) but also old (rhubarb tiramisu) recipes are then baked. Last week I cooked again with rhubarb...this time I made rhubarb jam. I don’t really like jam so much because it is much too sweet for me. But rhubarb jam is just perfect...not too sweet, not too sour...as I said...perfect for my taste. I prepared a small amount, but I will prepare a few new glasses.

Cherry jam

I'm not a fan of jam...to be honest I eat jam very, very rarely. It's just too sweet for me. My grandma is always offended that I never want to try her homemade jam and that I never want to take some with me. She does not understand that I do not eat jam. Nevertheless, I now made a glass of cherry jam. How did this happen? It's simple...I had bought again too many cherries. I wanted to make cherry clafoutis, but I did not have the time. And before the cherries get bad and rotten I decided to make jam from them. I will use it as a filling for pancakes or croissants.

It smells like oranges in my kitchen

Do you ask yourself why? I can tell you. It smells like oranges, because I've finally dared and cooked my first jam. Why I haven’t done it before? Honestly, I do not know. Perhaps because until now my grandma always makes it. Or because I'm not such a big jam fan. The classic versions are too sweet, so I opted for a more exotic variant namely orange Aperol jam.