Blake Hill Heirloom Apple Butter
To make their traditional apple butter, Blake Hill—maker of some of the best jams we’ve tried—simmer juicy, crisp heirloom apples in Vermont maple syrup until they break down into the creamiest butter. While many apple butters are all spice, this one leads with full, clean apple flavor: Maple syrup, brown sugar and cinnamon provide warm, toasty notes, but nothing overpowers the sweet-tart fruit. Simple ingredients, cooked slowly until we’re left with an elegant, not-too-sweet apple butter—that’s it. It’s excellent paired with sharp cheddar cheese, slathered on scones and toast or served with roasted pork or chicken.
Blake Hill Preserves Pumpkin Maple Butter
This Pumpkin Maple Butter is the perfect, understated addition to your autumn pantry. Made with pumpkins, Vermont maple syrup, apple cider vinegar and spices, the resulting butter is creamy and smooth—and refreshingly restrained compared to most pumpkin spice products. With its soft, silky texture and delicate spice, the pumpkin butter is perfect for stirring into oatmeal or porridge, fall soups like butternut squash, and holiday desserts (we also love it right out of the jar). This jam is nut-free and gluten-free.
Blake Hill Preserves Berry Collection — Set of 3
Featuring some of the best jams we’ve tasted—and recognized with Good Food Awards—this berry trio comes from Blake Hill’s botanical “farm and forage” collection, which combines edible wildflowers with seasonal farm-fresh fruit. All of Blake Hill’s preserves are perfectly balanced between sweet and tart and have a plush, silky texture. This collection includes our three favorite flavors; all are nut-free and gluten-free.
Blake Hill Raspberry with Wild Bergamot Jam
Bergamot, a Mediterranean citrus grown at their Vermont farm, adds a peppery, floral note to bright, perfectly tart raspberries. The jam works beautifully in sweet applications, added to a linzer torte cookie or layered into coffee cake batter. We like it with savory dishes as well, like game meats—try it in a sauce for duck, or simply serve the jam alongside.
Blake Hill Wild Blueberry with Lavender Jam
A classic combination, the fragrance of the house-made lavender syrup hits the nose first, but upon tasting, the floral flavor is actually quite subtle and mellow—the tart Vermont blueberries shine here. And the texture from pectin is brilliant, too—the jam flows off the spoon and isn’t overly gelatinous.
Blake Hill Strawberry with Wild Rose Jam
Blake Hill gets the balance of floral and fruit just right here—local wild Jacobite roses add a hint of subtle aroma to the sweet, early-summer strawberries, without overpowering it with perfumy flavor.
Blake Hill Preserves Wild Blueberry with Lavender
Part of the best line of jams we’ve tasted—this balanced and sophisticated Wild Blueberry with Lavender Jam from Blake Hill Preserves is part of the “farm and forage” botanical collection. The fragrance of the house-made lavender syrup hits the nose first, but upon tasting, the floral flavor is actually quite subtle and mellow—the tart Vermont blueberries shine here. And the texture from pectin is brilliant, too—the jam flows off the spoon and isn’t over-gelled. All of Blake Hill’s preserves are perfectly balanced between sweet and tart and have a plush, silky texture. This jam is nut-free and gluten-free.