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Culinary by Hobby Hill

🍑 From Orchard to Oven: Peach Focaccia & Peach Jam

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Celebrate peach season the delicious way — by baking golden peach focaccia and preserving summer in a jar with your very own homemade peach jam! 🍑

But here’s where this class gets even better…

This isn’t your typical jam-making class. Most store-bought (and even traditional homemade) jams rely on large amounts of sugar to set properly. In this class, you’ll learn a smarter, more flexible method using Pomona's Universal Pectin — a game-changing pectin that uses calcium instead of sugar to create the perfect set.

That means:
✔ You control the sweetness
✔ You can significantly reduce sugar
✔ You can create jams that are more diabetic-friendly
✔ You taste the fruit — not just the sugar

In this hands-on class, you’ll:

🍑 Learn how to make a tender, olive oil–rich focaccia topped with fresh, juicy peaches
🍑 Master the basics of hot water bath canning for safe, shelf-stable jam
🍑 Discover how to use Pomona’s Pectin to create low-sugar, flavor-forward preserves

You’ll leave with your own beautifully jarred Peach Jam and a warm piece of focaccia to enjoy (or share… if you’re feeling generous 😉).

What to bring:

The products you are taking home will be warm so bring a hand towel and box for the jars of jam and Focaccia Bread. Class will run 2.5 -3 hours based on how quickly you can get into the canning pot.

 

  • Allergens
    Wheat, Dairy
  • What to Bring
    Apron, Hand Towel, (2) pint canning jars and 8x8 baking pan for Focaccia. Box to carry warm items to the car.
  • Gluten Free
    No
  • Location
    2652 Anderson Highway, Powhatan, VA 23139
  • Does 1 Ticket cover 2 people?
    No
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PHYLLIS Demilio-kanigher
Very peachy

Fun activity but Sharon needs an assistant so she can spend more time with participants and be more hands on.

Thank you for joining us and for sharing this! I hear you — with a full group each working their own process, it's tricky to be everywhere at once. If a more hands-on, personal experience is what you're looking for, a private class might be just the thing — happy to set one up anytime.

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Sarah
Peach jam and peach focaccia

It was a very jam packed, no pun intended, class with lots of information. Wonderful recipe sheets to take home and I feel confident that I’ll be able to do it repeat this recipe in the future. Sharon is a very good teacher.

Thank you, Mary Sarah, for your kind words! We're delighted to hear you enjoyed the class and feel confident with the recipes. Sharon will be pleased to know her teaching made a positive impact. We look forward to seeing you again soon!Thank you so much for this! I love that you left feeling confident to make it again at home — that's really the whole goal. So glad the recipe sheets were helpful too. Hope to see you back in the kitchen soon!