With the fabulous foraging season almost upon us, I have decided to team up with the wonderful Ludlow Jam Pan and stock up with preserves such as Raspberry Jam, Marrow and Ginger, a Worcestershire recipe, High Dumpsie Dearie Jam, Greengage Jam and Rose Petal Jelly.
Sara-Jane Brough started the Ludlow Jam Pan in October 2008 and it really evolved from a hobby of serious foraging and using up all the vegetable and fruit gluts from the garden.
Sara-Jane said: "I really loved the idea of home grown traditional uses for all these fruit and veg and decided to start the business from there."
Since then it has grown from doing the farmers market in Ludlow and various food festivals and an appearance on the Hairy Bikers food tour of Britain increased interest.
Sara-Jane is particularly well-known for her Hedgerow and the Crab Apple and Rose Petal Jelly. She said: "My main focus is using traditional recipes and techniques to make the preserves, so it is all done by hand in my own kitchen in open pans. I often get comments like, 'that is just how my mother's jam used to taste,' and 'it is like a taste of childhood'."
All products are free from artificial flavours, colourings gelling agents and thickeners which you often find in commercial preserves.
She continued: "I firmly believe that we are loosing some of the old skills, such as preserving food for the winter months. It is important for me as part of the business ethos to use heritage orchard fruits and the hedgerows bounty, and share these skills of preserving by doing talks and demonstrations."
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