Ohtag Acre Jam

Beach plums starting to ripen, and jars delivered.

Been picking fruit daily (and freezing) - now it’s time to make. First up, blueberry.

Jamming season begins…with jelly. Violet jelly. Yes, violet jelly. Light and floral, perfect for cheese boards.

First raspberries of the year.

Cherries, plums, grapes, pears, Asian pears, peaches…and that’s just the start of things. Shaping up to be a bumper year!

Jam cocktails are awesome! Sometimes you might even want to get a jar of jam to use just for cocktails….

Four 16oz jars of Cranberry Sauce with Port and Orange available.

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Could @jm_hirsch conjure a classy cosmo from a trash-ready jar of cranberry relish? We didn’t think it possible until we saw him garnish this luminous jam jar cosmo. The remnants of a basic jar of jam (or relish) are a pre-made elixir for virtually any sweet-tart, fruity cocktail. A little pickled jalapeño brine takes the edge off the sweetness—we call it “sass.” Shake vigorously and strain. (If you’re wondering, yes, we shot this video around the holidays. But we welcome a sassy, classy cosmo any day of the year.) And for drink number two, try J.M.‘s jam jar lemon drop! Get the recipe via the link in our profile → @177milkstreet #milkstreet #shakestraindone #pourmeanother #jamjarcocktails #cocktails #cocktail #cocktailrecipes #howto #cosmo #cosmorecipe

This afternoon, 15 pounds of organic wild Maine blueberries became almost three dozen jars of preserves.

Took inventory today:

8 oz jars
Mango
Blueberry
Spiced blueberry
Blackberry
Raspberry
Raspberry rose
Beach plum
Beach plum port
Beach plum lavender
Grape jelly
Asian pear jelly
Asian pear vanilla bean jelly

2022 jars - just a few left (perfectly good)
Peach
Peach rose
Peach lavender
Beach plum rose
Beach plum violet
Blueberry peach
Blackberry peach

Charcuterie board selections - 4oz jars

Asian pear jelly
Wild black cherry
Wine grape jam
Asian pear star anise
Grape rosemary

Pints
Cranberry sauce with port & orange
Beach plum syrup

Tuesday vs Thursday. Raspberries are now done. Jam making season wraps up tonight.

New jelly straining setup with some nice results.

Alternate uses for jam: panini.

(Also includes prosciutto, brie, and thinly sliced apple.)

17 jars of spiced blueberry jam. Check.

Beach plums starting.

Jam making getting a late start this year (no peaches), but when an old pal sends you giant mangoes from his yard in Florida, it’s definitely time to make the jam.

It’s going to be a great year for pears! But sadly no peaches. Or cherries. And still a bit before we can determine plums, beach plum, Asian pears and berries.

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If you have jam and some basic pastry ingredients, you have dessert. But don’t leave the dog alone in the kitchen with the finished product.

First glimpses of this year’s fruit potential.

Jam pre-season is here.

Anyone local need some jam heading into the holidays? Message me....

Who needs jam?

What are you doing Sunday?

There will be jam…and recipes!

Jam is not just for biscuits.

Have an affinity for Boston University or Tufts University? I have limited jars of collegiate color inspired flavors.

Cranberry sauce went quickly, But plenty of other options remain.

So, yeah, there's some jam in the dining room. Who's hungry? Message me...

This is it for 2022, I swear. Freezer is empty and I just processed 29 jars of blueberry peach jam. So…who wants some jam? Full flavor list tomorrow.

It’s a two jam day: Black(berry) & Blue(berry) this morning, Blackberry Peach tonight. Also, pro tip: don’t leave a pot of boiling fruit unattended.

When the jam is almost, but not quite empty….

Jam salad dressing

1 tablespoon(ish) jam
2 teaspoons Dijon mustard
2 tablespoons white wine vinegar
1/4 cup olive oil
Salt and pepper to taste

Shake it all together right in the jam jar.

Biscuits

3 1/2 cups flour
1 tablespoon sugar
2 tablespoon baking powder
1 teaspoon salt
12 tablespoons unsalted butter, cut into small pieces
1 1/2 cups buttermilk

Preheat oven to 450F.

Mix together flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt. Using a pastry cutter, cut the butter into the flour mixture until it looks like a coarse meal. You can use your fingers at the last to smear the final chunks into the flour mixture.

Using a fork, stir in the buttermilk, bringing the mixture together to form a shaggy dough.

Turn the dough onto a board, continuing to bring it together. Using a rolling pin or even your hands, press into a thick layer. Again, shaggy is good. Use a biscuit cutter to cut into rounds.

Place on a baking sheet, somewhat close together. Bake 12-14 minutes.

The beach plums decided they wanted to be regular beach plum jam and beach plum lavender jam. The remaining beach plums may have other flavor aspirations. We’ll see.