If you have a box of pears on the counter and no freezer space left, dehydrating pears is such a great solution. You turn juicy fruit into chewy, sweet snacks that fit in a jar instead of taking over ...

Juicy, full-flavored pears should be enjoyed year-round. Preserve some of that flavor by canning pears when they are available in the fall. Varieties suitable for canning include Bartlett, Harrow ...

Distilled alcohol is antimicrobial and stable, so preserving fruit in alcohol long-term is a good option. The classic German rumtopf recipe below (classically made in a rumtopf crock, but you can use ...

Question: I have an Asian pear tree. I have so much fruit this year that I’d like to make some pear butter or pear sauce with them. Can I process them like regular pears or do I need to do something ...

Summer is gone all too soon, but preserved herbs, fruits and vegetables will remind us of those long, hot days while you are in the depths of winter. Preserving isn’t hard to do, and, bonus, it makes ...

It’s been a great year for fruit harvests but you don’t need your own orchard to put a glut to good use With 25 years of experience as a Telegraph columnist, chef and food writer, Xanthe Clay provides ...

Most children of my generation probably have the same memories of strife at the family dessert table. I'm talking, of course, about the fruit cocktail wars. You know, those occasions when siblings ...