Swallowtail Preserves Ltd

This bramble jelly is great with roast lamb or any cold meat the day after the roast. Filmed here nearing setting point.

Our venue this Saturday will be Walsham Le Willows Village Hall for the Easter Food and Craft Fayre. The fayre opens at 11am and will finish at 3pm. We will have some new lines – Damson Jam and, to prove that spring is here, we will be bringing some Wild Garlic Pesto, made by us…

Hi Everyone! Just to let you know that tomorrow is the Felsham and Gedding Spring Fayre. We will have our table in the village hall, with some exciting new lines – Medlar Jelly and Kumquat Marmalade for the curious, Spicy Lemon and Lime Chutney if you want something to lift your vegetable curry and Bullace…

On Saturday 3rd February we will be attending this great new Farmers Market at Stowupland Village Hall (9.30am – 1.00pm). There’s been a real buzz of anticipation around this event, both online and on social media. We have been busy cooking up some more preserves after a successful Christmas so look out for our new Loganberry Jam…

A new release for 2024 and now available for purchase is our Quince Chutney. We had to dig way back in our recipe archive to find this one, but here it is. Not too sweet, slightly tart with warming spice, it works well with cheese or any cold meat. The quinces have not travelled far and were exchanged…

We have been busy in the kitchen this month. At the Cotton Cafe this Saturday we will have our Seville Orange Marmalade, made with this year’s oranges, which were sourced and delivered to us (always with a smile) by Sarah and John Irons, greengrocers from Old Newton. It’s made without compromise with traditional methods. We think you will…

Tomorrow we will have a table at the New Year Brunch at The Coddenham Centre from 10am to 1pm. We will be offering Quince Chutney, and if you can resist opening it, it will keep until Christmas 2024. We will also have our popular Rhubarb and Ginger Chutney, now ready to enjoy with your cold meat or…

I thought I would post about empty jars. We do accept them back. We don’t need the lids, but if you bring them back nice and clean with our label still attached then we can sanitize them again and refill them. We also collect and re-use 454g (1lb) jars for our Sweet Piccalilli and also large wide-necked jars for…

I hope this post finds everyone well, even if you may be suffering from the excesses of Christmas! I’m having a break from preparing medlars, and I really should thank you all for purchasing from our stalls and supporting our business this year. This has been our first full year of trading and we are now seeing…

Tomorrow we will be at Rickinghall Country Market (Rickinghall Village Hall, 9am-12.30pm) and on Sunday you will find us at Felsham and Gedding Christmas Market (Felsham and Gedding Village Hall, 10am-4pm). Unfortunately we are unable to be at Wyken Farmers Market this week, but we hope to attend on the 23rd December if we have…