Homemade Jams: The Best Recipes

From seasonal fruit to green tomatoes. From saffron to pumpkin. Keep an eye on leftover fruit.

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From seasonal fruit to saffron, from pumpkin to green tomatoes. But first and foremost, with the fruit that's almost always left over, and thus risks rotting or ending up directly in the garbage. Homemade jams have at least three advantages. They're natural, and therefore their quality is unquestionable. Commercial jams, in fact, even when they claim to be "artisanal," always have a high sugar content, which is used to ensure the product's long shelf life. Second advantage: they help us... don't waste fruit, which we often throw in the garbage as "leftovers" (about a third of what we buy). The third advantage is that making jam is a fun and relaxing activity. It helps distract you and even improves your mood.
Here are some of the best and easiest homemade jam recipes.

oranges

A real delicacy to be enjoyed not only for breakfast but also for lunch with cheeses.

Grapes

Very sweet, too grape jam like orange juice, it can be enjoyed with cheeses.

Saffron

A delicious recipe of French origin, perfect for filling cakes, shortbread biscuits and crepes.

Fruit leftovers

A recipe in perfect “don't waste” style that allows you to recover the centrifuged waste pulp.

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Green tomatoes

Again, a “don't waste” style recipe that allows you to recover the tomatoes grown in the garden but never ripened and therefore remained green.

Peaches

Peaches are rich in beneficial properties For your health: take advantage of the summer to prepare a delicious jam to bring all the flavor of the beautiful season with you during the winter.

Plums

Highly energetic, plum jam is perfect for starting your day off right.

More

Very sweet and rich in substances important for our health, blackberries They are also the perfect ingredient for a delicious jam to enjoy with rusks or to use as a filling for cakes and tarts.

Cherries

Delicious, it is impossible to resist the jam cherriesAnd making it at home is really simple.

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Pumpkin

Delicious, the pumpkin jam It's also perfect with cheeses.

Banana

And what do you think about the banana jam? Simply delicious.

Kiwi

Kiwi is rich in Vitamin C, a real cure-all during the winter to prevent various seasonal ailments such as cold, influence, cough e sore throat: in addition to bringing it to the table often during its season, use this precious fruit to prepare a very sweet jam.

figs

Figs are a very versatile fruit in the kitchen, perfect not only for making many tasty desserts but also for healthy and nutritious salads. And they also make a delicious jam, perfect for breakfast.

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Tangerines

There really is something for everyone: you have already tasted the mandarin jam? It's really special.

Mulberries

Similar to blackberries, mulberries are small summer fruits rich in antioxidantsThe only precaution: they deteriorate very quickly, so make the jam immediately after harvesting.

Cachi

Sweet and creamy, it takes very little to prepare it at home jam khaki: and once ready, reuse it to prepare this delicious pie.

Strawberries

Among the jams most loved by adults and children, the Strawberry jam It requires only three ingredients to prepare.

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