Canning and Preserving Recipes

Whether you're a farmers market shopper or gardener with a green thumb, our canning and preserving recipes capture the best of your seasonal produce for later.

The Science of Lactic Acid Fermentation: Pickles, Kraut, Kimchi, and More

Open jar of homemade pickled cucumbers in brine, viewed from side.

Pickle Science: How to Master the Preserving Power of Acids

From Jam to Jerky: Water Activity and the Science of Preservation

Three jars of fermenting hot sauces with airlocks in the top

How to Make Fermented Hot Sauce

Jars of assorted pickled vegetables

A Beginner's Guide to Canning

Jam Making 101: The Secrets to Getting Jam to Set Like a Pro

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All Canning & Preserving Guides Fermentation Jams & Jellies Pickling

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Jam-Making 101: How to Select the Best Fruit

The Best Jams and Preserves in the USA

What's the Difference Between Jam, Jelly, Compote, and Conserve?

An assortment of vinegars

The Serious Eats Guide to Vinegar

A jar of processed tomatoes being removed from a water bath with a pair of jar tongs.

How to Can Tomatoes

In a Pickle: Planning for Pickle Season

Chopsticks holding natto over a square plate of natto, fermented soybeans that are a common breakfast in Japan..

Obsessed: Getting Funky With Natto

Spice Hunting: Drying Chiles at Home

Serious Green: Freeze It Now, Eat It Later

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How to Make Classic Duck Confit (and Give It a Koji Twist)

Canned Whole Tomatoes (Using a Pressure Canner or Boiling-Water Bath) Recipe

DIY Apricot Liqueur Recipe

DIY Pastis Recipe

Lemons layered with salt for preserving in clamp-lid glass jar

Preserved Lemons Recipe

Cocktail 101: How to Make Brandied Cherries

Cranberry Quince Chutney Recipe

The levain used for sourdough bread rises in a glass jar, about triple its starting volume

How to Ferment Sourdough Properly

Side view of a glass of tepache next to a large batch in a gallon containter

Tepache (Mexican Fermented Pineapple Drink)

Three bottles of homemade kombucha

How to Make Kombucha

Overhead view of bubbles in three kombucha bottles

Strawberry, Rhubarb, and Parsley Kombucha

Blackberry Kombucha

Blackberry Mint Kombucha

Overhead view of finished soup with chopsticks

Natto-Jiru (Natto Soup With Miso, Tofu, and Vegetables)

Homemade Sauerkraut Recipe

Homemade Vegan Kimchi Recipe

Lacto-Fermented Dill Pickles Recipe

Mother-in-Law's Signature Kimchi from 'The Kimchi Cookbook'

Fermented Tomato Ketchup

Tomato Ketchup from 'Mastering Fermentation'

Fermented Radish Slices Recipe

A bowl of Korean quick-fermented yeolmu kimchi.

Yeolmu Kimchi (Quick-Fermented Young Radish Greens) Recipe

Blueberry Water Kefir, Coconut Water Kefir, Hibiscus-Ginger Water Kefir

Water Kefir from 'Mastering Fermentation'

Homemade Fermented Chipotles in Adobo with Braised Pork

Smoky Chipotle in Adobo from 'Mastering Fermentation'

Hoppy Red Ale (For Beginning Homebrewers) Recipe

Bran-Fermented Vegetable Pickles

Bran-Fermented Vegetables from 'Mastering Fermentation'

In a Pickle: Small Batch Sauerkraut

In a Pickle: Salt Preserved Meyer Lemons

Small Batch Sauerkraut Recipe

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Fermented Hot Sauce With Fresno Chiles, Garlic, and Tamari Recipe

How to Avoid Mold When Making Sauerkraut

Concord Grape Jam Recipe

tomato jam in mason jars

Tomato Jam Recipe

Rustic Apricot Jam Recipe

Easy Grape Jam Recipe

Red Onion Jam Recipe

Hot Pepper Relish Recipe

Jalapeño Jam Recipe

Two slices of bread topped with tomato and onion jam on a ridged cream colored ceramic plate. In the left corner of the image is a glass jar filled with more jam, and in the top left corner is a portion of another plate with more toast on it.

Fresh Tomato and Caramelized Onion Jam Recipe

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Honey-Tangerine Marmalade Recipe

Bourbon Peach Jam Recipe

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Classic Mint Jelly Recipe

Blueberry Lavender Jam Recipe

Homemade Plum Jam Recipe

Thai Sweet Chili Jelly Recipe

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Meyer Lemon Marmalade Recipe

Bacon-Bourbon Jam Recipe

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Grapefruit Marmalade Recipe

Bright and Fruity Strawberry Jam, Your Way Recipe

Rich Red Plum Jam Recipe

Cranberry Orange Jam with Crystallized Ginger Recipe

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