Pickles and Preserves

Ingredients

• 1 pound beeswax
• 1 pound resin
• ½ pound tallow
• red or yellow ochre (for coloring)
• 2 parts sugar
• 1 part water

Directions

1. If making wax at home, mix beeswax, resin, and tallow in a pot and melt together.

2. Color the mixture with red or yellow ochre and stir until well combined.

3. Prepare fruit by peeling and coring, then place in bottles.

4. Fill bottles with syrup (made from 2 parts sugar and 1 part water) or water.

5. Seal the bottles using the wax mixture in a bain-marie.

6. For small fruit, prick with a needle; for large fruit, stone them carefully.

7. Soak prepared fruit in cold water, then bring to a boil briefly before cooling again.