Have you always wanted to make preserves? Then this is the book for you. Perfect Preserves covers ten methods of food preservation, with easy-to-understand techniques and explanations perfect for the home kitchen. Everything from making the simplest fruit jelly, to smoking a salmon, to crystalizing flowers and nuts is demonstrated in this lavishly illustrated book. Whether you want to try your hand at potting fish or preserving your own lemons for Moroccan dishes, it's all right here. And once you're mastered the basics, you'll find delicious recipes for using the preserved foods.

Perfect Preserves is also perfect for giving. Few gifts are received with as much enthusiasm as homemade foods, and jars of jams and liqueur-soaked fruits are made special when gift-wrapped and presented with personalized messages. You will also find this book is a feast for the eye as well as the table, showing the various preserves in their natural beauty.

Table Of Contents

Introduction.

Section 1: Model methods.
A basic guide to each method of preservation, using step-by-step demonstrations.

Section 2: Perfect preserves.
70 recipes for making preserves using specific foods, together with suggestions for dishes that use them.

Index.

Author Info Hilaire Walden has been involved with food and cooking for four decades, She worked in production development for several major companies in the food industry. Hilaire then moved into food and wine writing and was chief editor for Anne Willan, the noted cookbook author and proprietor of a cooking school in France. She has written dozens of cookbooks and contributes regularly to magazines, newspapers, television, and radio.
Hiliare's most recent books include The Dinner Party Cookbook, Sensational Preserves, The Moroccan Collection, and Mediterranean Cooking. She makes her home in the secluded, rural country-side of England, where preserving is very much part of the culinary tradition.

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