Put 'em Up! Fruit

This creative cookbook will inspire you to not only preserve summer's fruit harvest, but use your homemade jams, jellies, and conserves in a host of sweet and savory dishes. Whip up a batch of peach jam and marinate shrimp kabobs in it overnight, or suspend grapefruit in lavender honey for an enticing custard topping. The flavors are fresh and contemporary and the instructions are thorough and easy to follow. Putting up - and serving up - the harvest has never been so delicious.  Sherri Brooks Vinton is the author of Put 'em Up!, Put 'em Up! Fruit, and The Preserving Answer Book. Vinton began her food career on the back of a motorcycle. A cross-country ride brought her face-to-face with the negative impacts of industrial agriculture and compelled her to begin a quest for food raised with integrity. Since then, her books, appearances, and hands-on workshops have taught countless eaters how to find, cook, and preserve local, seasonal food. Whether developing content, organizing events, or consulting with clients, Vinton is always working to find her next great meal. To learn more, visit sherribrooksvinton.com.
Introduction

Part One: Getting Started
Your Keys to Success
Definitions
Preserving Pointers
Troubleshooting

Part Two: Recipes
Apples
Apricots
Blackberries & Raspberries
Blueberries
Cherries
Cranberries
Grapefruit
Grapes
Lemons
Oranges
Peaches
Pears
Plums
Quince
Rhubarb
Strawberries
Tomatoes

Resources
Acknowledgments
Index
Fill Your Pantry with the Fabulous Flavors of Seasonal Fruit

Sherri Brooks Vinton, the best-selling author of Put 'em Up!, turns her preserving and cooking talents to fruit, offering 80 recipes for canning, refrigerating, freezing, drying, and infusing. The exciting range of possibilities includes preserves both sweet (Orange Curd, Pear and Honey Preserves) and savory (Peach BBQ Mop, Meyer Lemon Gastrique).

To ensure that your jars, bottles, and freezer bags are promptly opened and enjoyed, Sherri also provides 80 creative recipes for using preserved fruits in everything from Rhubarb Fool and Sauteed Duck Breast with Cherry Reduction to Spiced Chicken Salad made with Apricot Habanero Salsa.
Vinton (Put 'em Up!) offers another collection of preserving recipes, this time focused on fruit. The author here reviews various types of preserves, water-bath canning, and troubleshooting techniques, providing clear and concise advice. Vinton expands beyond basic jellies and jams to include conserves, curds, gastriques, and more; each preserve recipe is accompanied by complementary recipes for meals, such as Sticky Chicken Legs (with Quick Apricot Jam), Duck Moo Shu (with Five-Spice Plum Sauce), and Momma's Manhattan (with Maraschino Cherries). The author emphasizes that preserves can be interchanged in the recipes to give readers a wide breadth of choices and tastes. Verdict This bright collection of paired recipes will serve as a stepping-stone for those who are interested in learning to preserve but who want guidance for using what they make. A great companion to Vinton's first cookbook.