4 Best Preserving Cookbooks

4 Best Preserving cookbooks

The preserving season will be in full swing soon so I am sharing my 4 best preserving cookbooks. Each cookbook offers unique and creative recipes for preserving and information on equipment and different methods.

Batch: Over 200 Recipes, Tips and Techniques for a Well Preserved Kitchen

Batch: Over 200 Recipes, Tips and Techniques for a Well Preserved Kitchen written by Joel MacCharles and Dana Harrison of the Well Preserved website, Batch, is a comprehensive guide to expand your knowledge of preserving methods and a resource for all levels of preserving skills. Gardineria is one of my favourite recipes.  I brought a jar to a barbeque and people asked me for the recipe!

Gardiniera

My review of BATCH: Over 200 Recipes, Tips and Techniques for a Well Preserved Kitchen:  The Food Bloggers of Canada Cookbook Corner

Website:  Well Preserved

The Canning Kitchen: 101 Simple Small Batch Recipes

The Canning Kitchen: 101 Simple Small Batch Recipes by Amy Bronee of  The Family Bites blog, is the first canning book I reviewed. It helped me to expand my knowledge that was limited to canning tomatoes and pears.

One of my favourite recipes in this canning book is Zucchini Sweet Relish. My family likes it on grilled Italian sausages served in a bun.  I can`t seem to make enough of it.

Sweet Zucchini Relish

My review of The Small Kitchen and Sweet Zucchini Relish Recipe:  The Food Bloggers of Canada Cookbook Corner

Website: Family Bites

Preservation Society Home Preserves: 100 Modern Recipes

I discovered the Fig Jam with Secrets recipe in the  Preservation Society Home Preserves: 100 Modern Recipes by Camilla Wynne, and it has been my favourite jam since.  Listing creative recipes such as Banana Foster Jam and  Bitters Orange Marmalade, this cookbook elevates the flavours of jams and preserves.

Fig Jam with Secrets

My review of the Preservation Society Home Preserves: 100 Modern Recipes and Fig Jam with Secrets:  My Cookbook Addiction

Website:  Preservation Society

The Preservatory: Seasonally Inspired Recipes for Creating and Cooking with Artisanal Preserves

The Preservatory: Seasonally Inspired Recipes for Creating and Cooking with Artisanal Preserves is written by Lee Murphy, proprietor of Vista D’Oro Farms & Winery and The Preservatory in BC’s Fraser Valley.  It’s a well-organized cookbook listing seasonal recipes such as Strawberry with Pistachio and Vanilla Jam and Spicy Sweet Charred Onions & Figs Jam. ( I can’t get enough figs!).  It also lists recipes for using preserves.

My review of The Preservatory: Seasonally Inspired Recipes for Creating and Cooking with Artisanal Preserves: Food Bloggers of Canada Cookbook Corner

Cookbook Shelf Worthy?

These preserving cookbooks are for both the novice and seasoned preserver. Each one lists typical and creative preserving recipes and offers tips on equipment and techniques.

I have made preserves from each one of these preserving cookbooks with much success. I suggest you add at least one of them to your cookbook collection.