napa farmhouse 1885

i spend the week between christmas and new year making jam and marmalade...this is a new tradition which began when we bought our farmhouse...we inherited a number of trees whose fruit ripened in the winter...persimmon, lime, meyer lemon, mandarin orange...and i learned to make jam as a way of using up some of the bounty...the persimmon jam became a oft-time requested favorite of my family and friends...and i decided to make it available for purchase on the website...we can't say it is organic because our property is not certified...but i can say that no nasty chemicals or pesticides are used here...and all fruit comes from our farmhouse garden...(and the sugar is organic!)...handcrafted and made in very small batches...only now i make it in a commercial kitchen...i use the persimmon jam all the time...toast and biscuits of course..but also as the filling for cakes, my thumbprint cookies..and as the glaze for chicken and ham...makes a terrific gift too...1/2 pint jar...ingredients= persimmons, organic sugar, meyer lemon juice and fruit pectin...