We are excited to present our newest flavor, Strawberry Vanilla Spread. Suzy & I have been working on getting the recipe dialed in, and trying to keep it under wraps. Fortunately, we have a great group of friends that we can bounce flavor ideas off...
Sunday is our day of rest, at least from selling jelly. We've been taking more time to play outside lately and while we were riding at Jackrabbit yesterday, it occurred to me that riding mountain bikes is a lot like selling jelly. It doesn't matter how...
My secret recipe for easy entertaining is puff pastry. With puff pastry in your freezer and our jelly in your pantry, you're ready for summer fun. For best results: Thaw puff pastry according to package directions Bake on parchment paper or Silpat Preheat oven Refrigerate the appetizers if the pastry...
Clark & I are often asked how we got into the jelly business. Living in a rural mountain community, we're surrounded by farms and joined a CSA pretty early on. Minimizing our carbon footprint and reducing food miles is important to us. We started freezer preserving tomatoes...
[recipe][wpurp-searchable-recipe]Good Enough Shrimp and Grits with Candied Bacon - Award winning recipe from the 10th Annual Jekyll Island Shrimp & Grits Festival featuring Unicoi Preserves Apple Cider Pepper Spread - Grits: Nora Mill Stone Ground Grits, water, Kosher Salt, Mountain Fresh Creamery Cream, Unsalted Butter,...
Unicoi Preserves Salted Caramel Peach Spread and Country Ham make a delicious and easy gourmet pizza on the Big Green Egg. Use a Stonefire flatbread pizza crust to make this an easy weeknight meal! [recipe][wpurp-searchable-recipe]Peach and Pig Pizza on the Big Green Egg - Unicoi Preserves...
Unicoi Preserves is now two years old! We celebrated our second anniversary last Saturday at Habersham Winery’s 24th Annual WineFest. It’s a fun event and this year there were 20 different Georgia wineries pouring their wines, as well as live music, great food and vendors. Reflecting...
Unicoi Preserves founders Suzy & Clark Neal took home the First Place and Consumer Choice Awards at the 10th Annual Jekyll Island Shrimp and Grits Amateur Cooking Competition on September 19th. Their recipe for Good Enough Shrimp and Grits with Candied Bacon included their Georgia...
Hello again! We have been jamming and jelly-ing as fast as we can around here, but its time for me to stop, and type a little bit to get you up to speed. Exciting news! We are one of 10 amateur cooking teams selected to compete at the Jekyll Island Shrimp...
Hi blog readers! We've had a hectic few weeks here at Unicoi Preserves Spread Headquarters. Let me get you up to speed! Back at the beginning of June, we attended the Macon Georgia Grown Farmers Showcase. It was the first time we had been to an event...
Clark and I had the honor and privilege of being the first overnight guests at the new tree house located at ZipNTime in Helen, Georgia. Camping is one thing, but staying in a treehouse, its even better and is the perfect way to rough it. We...
Cooking is challenging when your stove is on the fritz but its not impossible. I made this tasty, spicy & sweet slaw using our award winning Georgia Apple Cider Pepper Spread to accompany The Pioneer Woman's Spicy Dr. Pepper Pork that I cooked in our crockpot. Clark got this crockpot when...