Pear, Peach, Nectarine, or Apricot Nectar

When ripe, sweet-smelling summer fruits are abundant and inexpensive, you can easily put up a store of delicious fruit concentrates. These nectars, diluted about half-and-half with chilled water, will produce a more flavorful (and, if you like, less sweet) drink than those sold in cans.

You may also use the concentrates to make fresh-tasting fruit sherbets or ice creams all year round.