condiments

There’s a simple way to extend the ephemeral apricot season, and it has everything to do with these easy peasy preserves.

• 25 M
• 1 H, 45 M
• 16

Perhaps the easiest gazpacho recipe ever, this Spanish classic will have you swearing off takeout all summer long.

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• 20 M
• 20 M
• 4

So long, Vlasic. Once you try your hand at making your own sweet relish, you can cross one more condiment off your shopping list.

• 45 M
• 1 D
• 10

A peppery riff on the classic Italian condiment that may even have improved upon tradition.

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• 10 M
• 10 M
• 0

This quick refrigerator jam doesn’t require canning and processing and preserving. It just requires strawberries, sugar, a pot, and a fridge.

• 25 M
• 45 M
• 11

Never again tussle with that teensy tin can that always contains too much or too little paste for your recipe. Nope. Never again. Not with this mellow, caramelized homemade conserva.

• 50 M
• 6 H
• 122

A quick summer fixer-upper for plain grilled chicken or fish for those nights when turning on the stove just seems like too much.

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• 30 M
• 30 M
• 0

A Scandinavian-style pickle that’s distinctly sweet, just a little sour, and subtly perfumed with dill. So simple it doesn’t even require turning on the stove during the dog days of summer.

• 15 M
• 6 H, 15 M
• 8

Dubbed “magic sauce,” this zingy green sauce lends an exaggerated oomph to just about anything. Watch how quickly it disappears and you’ll understand the magic.

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• 10 M
• 10 M
• 0

Ridiculously easy to make yet complex as heck in taste. Slightly sweet with only a hint of heat. Kid-tested and adult-approved.

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• 20 M
• 1 H, 50 M
• 0

No, making homemade jam doesn’t need to be a big production. Not with the right recipe, anyways. This small batch raspberry preserves shows you how simple it can be.

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• 45 M
• 45 M
• 6

Canadian by birth but Southerner by choice, chef Hugh Acheson makes a mean Korean kimchi. And just wait’ll you learn his ideas for using it.

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• 45 M
• 3 H, 30 M
• 10

A small batch of everyone’s fave spring preserves that comes together with ease and melds the intoxicating taste, texture, and fragrance of strawberries mingled with rhubarb. No canning required.

• 30 M
• 30 M
• 2

Why make your own mustard? Because you can. And if that’s not reason enough, there’s no comparison between this and the store-bought stuff. Enough said.

• 1 H, 15 M
• 1 H, 30 M
• 50