The All New Ball Book Of Canning And Preserving: Over 350 of the Best Canned, Jammed, Pickled, and Preserved Recipes

by Ball Home Canning Test Kitchen

From the experts at Jarden Home Brands, makers of Ball canning products, comes the first truly comprehensive canning guide created for today's home cooks. This modern handbook boasts more than 350 of the best recipes ranging from jams and jellies to jerkies, pickles, salsas, and more-including extender recipes to create brand new dishes using your freshly preserved farmer's market finds or vegetable garden bounty.

Organized by technique, The All New Ball Book of Canning and Preserving covers water bath and pressure canning, pickling, fermenting, freezing, dehydrating, and smoking. Straightforward instructions and step-by-step photos ensure success for beginners, while practiced home canners will find more advanced methods and inspiring ingredient twists.

Thoroughly tested for safety and quality by thermal process engineers at the Fresh Preserving Quality Assurance Lab, recipes range from much-loved classics — Tart Lemon Jelly, Tomato-Herb Jam, Ploughman's Pickles — to fresh flavors such as Asian Pear Kimchi, Smoked Maple-Juniper Bacon, and homemade Kombucha. Make the most of your preserves with delicious dishes including Crab Cakes garnished with Eastern Shore Corn Relish and traditional Strawberry-Rhubarb Hand Pies. Special sidebars highlight seasonal fruits and vegetables, while handy charts cover processing times, temperatures, and recipe formulas for fast preparation.

Lushly illustrated with color photographs, The All New Ball Book of Canning and Preserving is a classic in the making for a new generation of home cooks.

Genres: Cookbooks, Cooking, Nonfiction, Food, Reference, Food Preservation, Preservation

368 pages, Paperback

First published May 31, 2016

Reviews

[Desiree Reads · Rating 5 out of 5]

I love this book! I can't wait to get started on water bath canning and fermenting! 😀

[Lauren Luedtke · Rating 5 out of 5]

my thrilling summer reads 🔥🔥🔥

[Lynne Nunyabidness · Rating 5 out of 5]

Such a useful book for novice canners and experts. Starting with a section about the science of preservation (particularly the not-giving-yourself-food-poisoning part) and the relevant tools, afterward the material is organized by technique with relevant recipes following. So you might have a recipe for preserved lemons, including a repetition of the preservation details for that particular food, and then an additional recipe that involves the preserved product. I was particularly impressed that many of the recipes went outside the white-bread American mainstream to include items such as harissa. At the same time, they did not require the massive (and often difficult to locate in the modern supply chain) quantities of produce that is often associated with traditional preservation. No bushels of tomatoes required here, although if you can multiply it’s easy to do. Many recipes include full-color photographs. Of course, all of the recipes feature Ball products, but that is to be expected.

[Sherri · Rating 3 out of 5]

Many ways to preserve are presented. I would also say this is borderline small batch recipes. Also different from Ball's traditional book is that this has numerous color photos. Also interesting flavor pairings.

[Allison · Rating 4 out of 5]

I liked how this was laid out, with recipes following the preserves

[Mickey · Rating 4 out of 5]

Not your typical canning book from Ball. I will not be canning much until the fall harvest. To me this book is what I would call - small batch canning - since most of the recipes I see are in 4-8 pint jars. Also unlike other Ball home preserving books, this one has lots of beautiful color photos.

In my unprofessional opinion, This book is not a replacement for Balls "Complete Book of Home Preserving" and will still want it on hand for most of the fall canning projects.

Most of the canning projects use the Water Bath Method. However there a few recipes that require the use of a pressure canner as well. Perhaps I will be dragging out my small All-American 10.5 (7 pints or 4 quart jars) pressure canner out more often :)

[Allison · Rating 4 out of 5]

Overall Really exciting recipes

I have the original Ball Blue Book of canning recipes and was excited to see a new book of theirs. This book has a lot more unique and ethnic recipes, as well as small batch canning. I do appreciate that the recipes are smaller because some of these flavors are so unique that I’m not sure I’d want 2 dozen jars of it.
I’d say this is a great book for a small family of canners or someone looking for some unique gifts to make. I will say that some of the recipes call for some special ingredients. While I’d love to make my own Asian style BBQ sauce, I’m less sure about getting the amount of tamarinds I’d need to make it.

[Daelith · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great photo to make you extremely hungry while looking though to mark what you want to try. The Blueberry Lemon Jam is great! I also like that Ball has given some suggested recipes in which to use your newly canned goodies. I would say this is a Vol 2 of the Ball Complete Book of Home Preserving. Both are great addition to a canner's library.

[Ellen Spes · Rating 3 out of 5]

I still use my old origional.

[Michelle · Rating 2 out of 5]

Too many jellies and not enough plant recipes

[Tessa]

This is a more comprehensive version of Ball Canning Back to Basics: A Foolproof Guide to Canning Jams, Jellies, Pickles, and More and even has some of the same recipes. To me this seems like a great book for someone who already has some experience canning or preserving food and wants recipes that a little more complicated and time intensive. There is a great variety of recipes here, including hot water bath preserved recipes and fermented recipes like kimchi and sauerkraut. There are some things I would never take the time to make for myself like kombucha (so many steps!!) and Worcestershire sauce (so many ingredients!!). This has the same problem as Back to Basics for me in that it pushes Ball products constantly. I worry that if there are better products on the market they are being excluded from the recipes. That being said this may be a book I pick up at a later time when I have a lot of time on my hands to tackle something a little more advanced. It has plenty of beginner recipes too but I would rather start with Back to Basics which is more streamlined and just has those simple, crowd-pleaser recipes.

[Lori · Rating 5 out of 5]

Excellent and thorough. Probably the best canning book on the market. I was mostly interested in the hams and jellies section, but the book as a whole is quite in depth on the proper way to can in order to safely store food on your shelves. They also provide recipes that incorporate the previous recipe, giving you ideas on how to use the product. I really like that extra step they provide. I’m excited to try the chocolate cherry jam, blueberry syrup, and orange banana jam.

[Monica L Garrett · Rating 5 out of 5]

Excellent canning resource

This is an excellent resource for canning. It includes the basics and reference tools you will need. It also contains some good recipes and instructions. I think it is a must read for beginners and for experienced canners who want some new techniques and ideas.

[tiffaney holm · Rating 5 out of 5]

Best Ball Book!

I absolutely love this canning book. This is the first year I have used it and we have tried many recipes. Oven roasted marinara, Vodka Sauce Base, Mexican Sauce, Dijon Mustard, Apple Pie Jam, Star Anise Pear Butter and many more. Easy to follow directions for exceptionally delicious canned goods.

[Rhonda Millett · Rating 3 out of 5]

Good information but no index

I was hoping for a guide to lots of canning information, which this book DOES have, but there is no index to easily search for the information you want. You have to scroll through lots of pages to find what you are looking for.

[Rachel Meints · Rating 5 out of 5]

A must have

This is part of my canning trifecta. Between this book, the Home Preserving book, the USDA guide (and the blue book for a bonus), you'll have every canning recipe you'll likely need.

[Norma J Saputo · Rating 5 out of 5]

Very good book to update my food preservation skills. It has been over 35 years since I had time to can foods. Many of the USDA guidelines have been updated. Very readable and would be a very good book for anyone new to food preservation.

[Shannon Judisky · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book has everything from how to pick your fruits and vegetables, to how to can them, including recipes, then it has recipes to use them it. It also covers other methods of preserving foods. I can't wait to start canning!

[Melissa Goodall · Rating 4 out of 5]

Interesting and fairly easy recipes. Lots of good info for preserving my garden in various ways.

[Elizabeth · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great ideas for new recipes.

[KAREN JONES · Rating 4 out of 5]

We shall see once recipes are tried

[robin · Rating 5 out of 5]

Must have book in the kitchen

Very enjoyable and easy to follow. Includes great ideas for garden harvest while preserving the fresh brown flavors we all love

[Toni Stastny]

This is one of my favorite Canning Book. I could not find my original hard copy. So having the electronic one is great. I use this as my reference for my canning projects.

[Amy3745 · Rating 5 out of 5]

Favorite so far.

[Mark Yingling · Rating 5 out of 5]

Comfort in a Jar

This is about as no nonsense as a how to book can get and covers all the aspects of safely preserving a variety of foods using several different methods.

[Kaitlyn · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a great book with starter tips and some easy recipes. I really love the charts inside and will definitely be using them!

[Alix St Amant · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great recipes and instructions and beautiful pictures.

[joseyka · Rating 5 out of 5]

I really love it

For beginners is amazing super detail and with pictures, I’m glad I buy this book. Plus many fancy recipes. I love it

[Stephanie · Rating 5 out of 5]

I have found SO many recipes I want to try in this book!

[Juli Anna · Rating 4 out of 5]

Useful and modern.