Ariston Greek Preserves & Marmalades

Greek preserves made from fruit grown where it belongs — figs from Kalamata, peaches and apricots from the mainland — each paired with a second ingredient that stops the jar being just jam.

These work as cheeseboard preserves as much as toast preserves. The fig does more next to a hard cheese than most chutneys manage.

How to use them

• Cheeseboards — fig with manchego or pecorino; apricot with soft goat cheese
• Greek yogurt — a spoonful of the lemon ginger is the intended use
• Toast and scones — the obvious one, still the best one
• Glazes — orange whiskey over roast ham or duck

Choose your jar

• Fig Preserves — Kalamata figs; deep, honeyed, the cheeseboard essential
• Orange & Whiskey Marmalade — Greek oranges with cooked whisky; bitter, warm, adult
• Apricot & Bitter Almond — sweet apricot cut with Greek bitter almond
• Strawberry & Basil — a sophisticated turn on the classic; strawberry with fresh basil
• Peach & Masticha Chiou — mainland peaches with mastic gum, a rare Greek resin with a pine-clean aroma. The most unusual jar of the set
• Apple & Cinnamon — tastes like apple pie filling, and no apology for it
• Lemon & Caramelized Ginger — bright, spicy and sharp; the wake-up jar

The details

• Size: single glass jar
• Imported by Ariston Specialties, Bloomfield, Connecticut
• Refrigerate after opening