The end of Summer is upon us and our newest combination of Le Grand nectarines from Masumoto Family Farm and toasted peach leaves, results in a richer, nuttier nectarine jam.

The most summery of nectarines, the Le Grand is enormous and meaty and dense as well as a clingstone, which means its flesh clings to the pit, i.e. it’s harder to can, but too extraordinary in flavor and juicy in texture to not make into a jam. Its a fleeting variety, just around for a week.

Notes:
Rich apricot, Zing, Caramel, almond-roundness.

About the Fruit:
Perfectly named, this apricot is gorgeously golden in color with an over the top sweet apricot flavor. Precocious, setting full crops even in the 2nd year. Golden Sweet apricots are a great canning apricot as it carries a balanced tart-sweet finish. 

We marry this fruit with their Noyaux, hand cracking the Apricot kernels for their 'almonds,' which we first toast and then steep into the preserve as it cooks. 

Origins:
Masumoto just planted their 80 acre orchard with Apricots a couple of years ago and this is the first year they've had a large enough crop for us to receive this fruit.  We couldn't be more honored to conserve this fruit and share it with you.

Ingredients:
*Golden Sweet apricots, *cane sugar, *lemon juice