Bottling feiojas

[Pigeon Valley]

Any tips on bottling feiojas?

Pigeon Valley

[Lynn]

I haven't bottled feijoas before. But I have stewed then frozen them, made jam, juiced, and made feijoa pickle. All this AFTER we have our fill of them fresh, of course! lol

[Mirko Wojnowski]

My wife made feijoa chutney, which was amazing! Let me know if you want the recipe. She probably just got it off the internet though. We've made jam too, and some people love it but I find it a bit crunchy with the seeds. I'm trying to make feijoa jelly this week to get around that!
Also I just infused some feijoas into vodka to make liqueur. My family overseas make liqueur from berries and keep it for years, even decades!

[Megan]

I was given a bottle of feijoa schnapps, absolutely heavenly. Looked up how to make schnapps and think I'll stick to bartering for it!

[Mirko Wojnowski]

I made the jelly this weekend and I think it's FAR better than feijoa jam. Unfortunately the yield is also far less, so you need a big pot full of feijoas to make more than a couple standard jam jars.

[KATE MORONEY]

MIRKO, WOULD LOVE jELLY RECIPE & TO KNOW MORE ABOUT FEJOA LIQUER, MY PARTNER STILLS HIS OWN BOOZE SO COULD BE DONE MAYBE??!!

[Ruth OSullivan]

any chance you could share with us how you infuse the feijoa into vodka? am quite interested actually...

[Christy Ralphs]

When I'm running out of time to deal with feijoas I just scoop them out and freeze in bags, you can use them to replace bananas in cake and muffin recipes too.

[Isabell Strange]

the nicest wine I have tasted (I am by no means a connoiseur) was a feijoa wine.

[Sean Kemball]

I have a bag of feijoas on my kitchen counter and should get to starting a batch of feijoa wine this weekend. I've never done feijoas before - plums, pears, nectarines (and of course grapes), yes, but not feijoas. But it should be pretty straightforward...

[Ruth OSullivan]

I make my own fruit wines, and have done plenty of feijoa - I always add a number of lemons, they and feijoas just go really well together I think.

[Isabell Strange]

feijoas do bottle well. My mother inlaw used to bottle them and send them to her children who were living in England as they missed them so much.

[Ruth OSullivan]

Feijoa Shortcake

In a bowl place - 500 gm peeled chopped feijoas
1 tbsp sugar
zest of 1 lemon

In another bowl cream - 180 gm butter
1 cup white sugar

Add to creamed mix - 1 egg
1/2 tsp vanilla
juice of 1 lemon

Mix well and add - 250 gm flour
1 tsp baking powder

Spread most of dough in greased/lined tin or flan dish, drain feijoas and spread on top of dough. Drop bits of remaining dough on top of feijoa, sprinkle with brown sugar. 180 degrees about 50-60 minutes.

This is absolutely divine, and make sure you drink the drained feijoa juice, its like nectar!!