My mother reminded me that my grandmother used to make pear and ginger jam with pears dropped to her door by a friend who obviously had a prolific tree. Pears are at their best for a very short ...

Pears are low in pectin, the setting agent in fruit. Hence I experimented using the special jam setting sugar containing citric acid and pectin. To peel the tamarillos, make a small cross in the ...

Enjoy this sweet and spiced pear jam on toast with ham and eggs, on hot rolls with meat or as a spread on baked goods. Make multiple jars, then keep some for yourself and give some as gifts.

Carefully spoon the frangipane batter on top of the jam and then smooth the surface using a clean knife. Quarter and core the pear. Cut each quarter into 3 even slices. Arrange the slices on top ...

Stir in the vanilla extract and one tablespoon of flaked almonds. Spread the apricot jam on the base of the cooled pastry case. Spread the frangipane mixture over the apricot jam. Use a pallet ...