Our new favorite jams, jellies, and pickles are every bit as delectable as old-fashioned state-fair winners, but we’ve streamlined the process of making them.
Can-Do Pickles
Crisp and Tangy
Think beyond the classic cukes -- you can pickle all manner of vegetables and fruits. Just slice them and soak them in a seasoned brine, sour or sweet. Serve the pickles as part of a cheese platter, on sandwiches, or as a simple side. The tomatoes and tarragon beans are excellent in a Bloody Mary.
Use Your Pickles
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Pickled-Beet and Fig Salad
A briny vinaigrette dresses this green salad with pickled beets and fresh figs.
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Pickled Green Tomatoes and Shrimp Toast
For a play on pickled shrimp, top rye toast with a mix of shrimp and pickled green tomatoes and radishes.
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Pickled-Peach and Mozzarella Salad with Fried Chicken Cutlets
Pickled peaches make a bracing accompaniment to meats, like this chicken cutlet.
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White Pizza with Pickled Onions and Peppers
Tangy, spicy, creamy: The flavors of pickled onions and peppers, three kinds of cheese, and soppressata are beautifully balanced on this pizza.
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Pickled-Beet and Fig Salad
A briny vinaigrette dresses this green salad with pickled beets and fresh figs.
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Pickled-Peach and Mozzarella Salad with Fried Chicken Cutlets
Pickled peaches make a bracing accompaniment to meats, like this chicken cutlet.
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Pickled Green Tomatoes and Shrimp Toast
For a play on pickled shrimp, top rye toast with a mix of shrimp and pickled green tomatoes and radishes.
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White Pizza with Pickled Onions and Peppers
Tangy, spicy, creamy: The flavors of pickled onions and peppers, three kinds of cheese, and soppressata are beautifully balanced on this pizza.
Can-Do Jellies
Smooth and Sweet
Made by simmering and straining fruit, jelly gets its glossy translucence and silken texture from fresh juice. We used the smallest amount of sugar that would still allow the mixtures to set (thanks to a reaction among the sugar, acid, and naturally occurring pectin in the fruit). Besides breakfast and peanut-butter sandwiches, these preserves are excellent with cheese, like this semifirm pecorino.
Can-Do Jams
Chunky and Fruity
Unlike jelly, jam contains pieces of fruit -- in fact, it’s not much more than the fruit cooked down with sugar until it becomes thick and spreadable. Like jellies, jams freeze beautifully, so you can enjoy the taste of summer long after the season is gone.
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