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The wonders of growing, eating and sharing fruit
Watch nature and plan for picking accordingly or the birds may eat all of your berries. Alternatively, on a very hot summer, let them quench their thirst.
Not only can fruit be frozen to be processed when convenient, but semi-finished products like a raspberry puree can be too. It saves space in the freezer and allows to split jam-making time. 
I am proposing a generic jam recipe reduced to the essentials, applicable to all sorts of fruit. A few jars can easily be made while cooking lunch or dinner.
A conversation at the local market, a professional relationship which turned into friendship and the will to use rather than waste made the story of this jam.
Two important elements for the success of a local fruit initiative: have a property where own fruit trees can be taken care of, and a community effort. Two articles in yesterday’s Wimbledon Guardian illustrated this perfectly.
It took twenty minutes to cook a kilo of them and prepare three different desserts, including an original combination with medlar jam and cream. Photos and full details below.
The recipes of the two jams sold at Abundance Fruit Day are available here: ‘Pear and lemon jam’ and ‘Redcurrant and raspberry jam’.
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