Provençal Jams 
In Provence, jam-making is such an established tradition that it punctuates the year as surely as the seasons - "la saison des confitures". Every Summer, one cannot escape, almost on a weekly basis, walking into a kitchen under the frenzied supervision of a master jam-maker - the lady of the house, her mother-in-law, or perhaps her ten-year old daughter. Fresh fruits occupy the whole kitchen table, overflowing from saucers and baskets, while pots boil on the flame like those of a sorceress, their magic mixture giving off tantalizing aromas...
Meanwhile, an army of "Le Parfait" brand glass jars (the bulgy ones with the orange rubber seal and the metal catch), lined on sheets of paper napkins, stand at attention, waiting to accept the jam burning hot from the pots, before being stowed away in a high and secret shelf, concealed from three-foot tall gourmets. These treasures will remain hidden for a few months, only to reappear in the middle of the Winter (when everyone has forgotten about them), adding a little warmth and magic to the colder days of the year, and becoming the regular fixture at the breakfast table which steer the days back into the next Spring and Summer.
The life in Provence jams are prepared in Provence in the local tradition of our grande mamans: simmered in open cauldrons with plenty of the best fruits and just the right amount of cane sugar. Their old-fashioned recipes often combine a traditional jam flavor (apricot, strawberry, orange) with one or several rarer ingredients (almonds, rhubarb, lemon & grapefruit) which subtly enhance the jams and confer them their unique personalities.
Close your eyes, bite into a "tartine" or dig into a morning platter of petits toasts, and find yourself transported into Laure or Delphine's Provençal kitchen...
Provençal Fig Jam/Figue Rouge du Soleil
Apricot Jam with Sliced Almonds/Délice d'Aix-en-Provence
Orange, Lemon & Grapefruit Jam/Marmelade Provençale
Red Currant & Raspberry Jam/Fruits Rouges de L'Été
Strawberry & Rhubarb Jam/Fête au Village
Desserts
Provence is rich with desserts. We are just starting...
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