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If you’re looking for modern canning recipes that go beyond the basics, this cookbook is a great place to start.
Whether you're new to preserving or already have some experience, finding fresh, creative recipes can make canning feel exciting again. This resource features over 100 recipes that blend classic techniques with modern flavors—perfect for anyone wanting to expand their home canning skills.
In this post, I’m sharing my thoughts on this canning cookbook, along with what you can expect inside and why it’s a helpful resource for building your recipe collection.
This canning resource is a book filled with easy canning recipes that aren't the type of recipes your grandma used to make. Are you new here?
It is filled with lots of recipes and resources to help you start canning or continue canning. It was the kick-off to my summer series for canning. I also have my Pinterest board with hundreds of recipes as a resource for you! You can find that at the end of the post, with more resources.
I love getting my hands on new cookbooks to share with you, especially when it offers something helpful. Bonus for helping anyone who is getting into the kitchen and learning new techniques and skills. Canning doesn't have to be a lost art. I have always felt that if you enjoy making things, cooking, and fresh foods, canning is a skill you can benefit from. From the day I learned how with my grandma, I never looked back.
Each year, I find myself picking a few recipes to try with farmer's market organic fruits and vegetables. I used to live where we had fruit trees and a large garden. Now we don't, I don't let that stop me from canning and freezing.
Preservation Society Home Preserves – 100 Modern Recipes
I love Camilla's philosophy of using as much local produce as possible for your recipes. Camilla has worked with some of the top chefs, and this experience is reflected in her recipes. Nothing over the top complicated, though. The recipes are a combination of classic ideas and surprise twists.
Modern Canning Recipes Cookbook Overview
Preservation Society Home Preserves: 100 Modern Recipes
After the introduction, there are a few pages of canning basics.
Before each section of recipes is the description of jams, marmalades, jellies, and butter… This section will help you know the differences between them.
Quite often, the fruits are measured by pounds vs cups; you will find in the tips equivalents, not necessarily for every recipe! ( I would recommend having a scale or, when purchasing,g getting your exact fruit in weight for your recipe).
There are 9 chapters of recipes from your jams, marmalades, jellies, butters, canned fruits, syrups, pickles, chutneys, relishes, and savory jams, for the fridge, cooking with preserves
192 pages, 60 color photographs, published April 2015
My Thoughts on These Modern Canning Recipes
I found recipes from the standard refrigerator pickles – Kiki's Fresh Pickles, to a more advanced recipe for Cucumber Relish With Fennel and Meyer Lemon water bath canning recipe. There was a recipe for heart-shaped beets that I can't wait to try, which looks very easy and doable.
Then flipping through are several pear recipes that caught my eye. One of them was Poires Belle Helen,e a French Dessert that has a few unique canning ingredients, you'll be able to find them.
I really liked how, in the back of the book, you find a few other recipes for popovers, jam pockets, pie, fruit cake in a jar… Kind of a cooking- baking bonus.
There are plenty of recipes in this book. Many photos are scattered throughout, but not for every recipe.
I feel like if you have a basic knowledge of canning, you'll be able to handle most of the recipes in the book.
You'll find plenty of recipes that have your typical grocery store herbs or spices.
And you'll find those modern recipes with a unique ingredient; there will be tips for what you can substitute for that particular ingredient if you can't find it.
You will not find step-by-step images; there are directions to tell you exactly what to do to create the canning recipes.
Many of the jam recipes use lemon or lime and no pectin.
Fig Jam With Secrets
Just one recipe from the cookbook.
Stay tuned to for the next post in the series it will be sites I love for canning recipes and resources.
to fill the jars. It helps give you the headspace you need for canning. And keeps the jars cleaner.
I love canning! I first started canning when I was 14 with my grandmother. I am now 48 and still canning foods every summer & fall.
Hi Shelly, I really enjoy canning too. I used to help my grandma and as a teen see taught me to can. I also try to can every summer & fall.
I have been wanting to can for sometime now, but have not. I should really give it a try. I also want to make my own pickles…
Thanks for sharing 🙂
XO
Mrs. AOK, Thanks for stopping by. On my canning board I have lots of canning and fridge pickle recipes.