The Times Magazine - UK (2022-05-07)

The Times Magazine 59

Lemon and vanilla

marmalade

(£5.50;

londonborough

ofjam.com)

So you think

you don’t like

marmalade? Try

this instead: sweet

not bitter and full

of chunks of fruit

and vanilla pod.

Bermondsey

Street Bees

raw honey

(£16; provenance

hub.com)

Silky honey

with notes of

fruitcake and

peach tea, made

by the award-

winning bees of

southeast London.

Passion fruit and

mango all butter

curd (£3.99;

cottagedelight.

co.uk)

There’s a reason

this won stars at

the Great Taste

Awards. Full of

tropical flavours.

Serve with scones

or on toast.

Blood orange

and vanilla

marmalade

(£3.50;

enjoyrogue.com)

Spread over

toast or dollop

on porridge.

If I’m feeling

fruity, I drizzle

it over a

summery salad.

Mexican

orange blossom

honey (£5.99;

twobees.buzz)

The bees who

made this honey

were buzzing

around Mexico’s

orange blossom

plantations.

Orange flavour

and a citrus scent.

Sicilian lemon

curd (£3.50;

highfield

preserves.co.uk)

Handmade with

zesty lemons

from Sicily and

British butter.

Touch up cakes,

drizzle over ice

cream – or just

eat from the jar.

Seville orange

marmalade

(£4.75; rosebud

preserves.co.uk)

Bold, bitter

and chunky,

this is traditional

marmalade

that Paddington

would definitely

approve of.

Raspberry and

wild apple

jam (£4.25;

fruitsofthe

forage.co.uk)

Make sure

there’s space

on the breakfast

table for a jar

of this classic

British preserve.

Shropshire

creamed honey

(£8.95; fortnum

andmason.com)

Soft, creamy

set honey with

a mild citrus

flavour. Lovely

on toast or

enjoyed by

the spoonful.

Blackcurrant

curd (£4;

thursday-

cottage.com)

Dark and

creamy curd.

Use to fill cakes

or swirl into

Greek yoghurt.

Pink grapefruit

marmalade

(£4.50;

lucydeedes.com)

Two breakfast

favourites in one

jar. Slather on

buttered toast,

use in marinades

or add as

a sweetener to

gin cocktails.

Blackcurrant

and sloe gin jam

(£5.50; theartisan

kitchen.co.uk)

Award-winning

jam – rich and

boozy with

whole fruit.

Swirl into

porridge

or spoon onto

Greek yoghurt.

Passion fruit

curd (£5.50;

shop.kew.org)

A preserve

with purpose.

A percentage of

profits goes to

Royal Botanic

Gardens Kew

to support its

valuable work. n

The best marmalades, jams, honey and curd. By Hannah Evans

SWEET DREAMS ARE MADE OF THESE

Yorkshire rhubarb

and ginger jam

(£6.50; liberty

london.com)

My favourite

Yorkshire export,

jarred. It’s

delicious in

cakes, piled onto

a fruit scone

or even with a

shortbread biscuit.

Cinnamon-

infused raw

honey (£5.99;

rawartisan

honey.com)

Drizzled onto

your cereal

or crumpets,

this is naturally

sweet honey

to buzz about.

Eat! TASTE TEST

MARMALADE

JAM

HONEY

CURD

Apricot and

vanilla jam

(£5; melrose

andmorgan.com)

My favourite

jam. Ever. Full

of fruit and

enriched with

vanilla. Have it

on toast, with

croissants or in

a sponge cake.