There’s a jamboree of sorts going on here on the urban homestead kitchen.
Whipping out preserves sweet and savory for customers at our Front Porch Farm Stand. On the preservation front this week: sweet grapefruit marmalade, meyer lemon vanilla marmalade, apple butter, jalapeno jelly (you haven’t lived till you had this jam slathered on cream cheese with crackers – oh man!) key lime and roasted pepper glaze.
These home preserves make great gifts.
Psst, there’s handcrafted artisan bread coming soon to the farm stand. Bread & jam? Ooh lala. What more could a person ask?
Here’s a sneak peek
If you are local, stop by our front porch farm stand. It’s open Sun – Fri, winter hours are 10 am – 5 pm.
I highly recommend you sign up to our email list so you’ll get weekly updates on what’s available. Sign up by emailing us at info@dervaesgardens.com
Now enjoy some snapshots from our recent canathon.
Meyer lemon peels
Meyer lemon wedges
Farmers market apples
Cooking till soft
Using our hand cranked food mill to process the apples
Sweet grapefruit ready for the pot
Hungarian hot wax peppers
Roasted!
Key lime and roasted pepper glaze
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Stock up! You like that nifty hand cranked mill ? Well, then don’t forget that our Urban Homestead Store has canning and kitchen supplies
Where I go for inspiration (though I have to warn you that you’ll never look at fruits, veggies and the likes the same – ever!)
Comments(8)
Veronica V. says:
December 8, 2010 at 8:15 amYUUMMM!! That looks so good. I love pepper jelly and cream cheese, it reminds me of poppers. I’m all applebuttered out, I made a bunch this year. I made pumpkin butter too. That pepper glaze looks killer, what do y’all use it on?
Anais says:
December 8, 2010 at 9:14 am@Veronica V.: Well, they say it’s a good glaze for meats. but (as of now) we have no need to eat any of our chickens. 😉
Nancy R says:
December 8, 2010 at 1:28 pm@Anais,
“as of now”?? Are you contemplating it? Say it isn’t so. Nancy R
Anais says:
December 8, 2010 at 2:57 pm@Nancy R: Of course not – not our spoiled bunch of ladies. They will never be destined for the dinner plate. However, if ever (in the future) had land and a rowdy rooster or two 😉
Anais says:
December 8, 2010 at 2:59 pm@Anais: PS though a future fish fry may be in order and I think that glaze would go nicely.
Matt J says:
December 8, 2010 at 12:16 pmDid you bake all that bread in your solar oven, backyard wood stove, or are you heating your house with the inside oven?
Anais says:
December 8, 2010 at 3:02 pm@Matt J: Wish I did but these wonderful loaves are made by one of our front porch farm stand customers.
Anais says:
March 20, 2011 at 5:19 pm@Vicki: In Pasadena, we are allowed to operate from our home as a home business provided we get a business license and a home occupation permit and we have both. Additionally, we set appointments for our customers for picking up their orders to comply with the City’s ordinance for pedestrian and automobile traffic in a residential area. See Pasadena’s Code Compliance link