Illaberek Red onion jam

Allium cepa

Made with red onions, red wine, red wine vinegar, plum jam, sugar, thyme, bay leaf, nutmeg and pepper.

Find out more about Sándor Szilágyi, the producer of Illaberek products:

I was raised in a family of farmers in Bihar county. Altough I studied economics in Budapest for years, I finally went back to my roots, and in 2012 I started planting fruit trees, and make jams.

The ingredients of the products come from my 2 ha land, that we cultivate with crop rotation and a dozen of fruit trees. I am planning on adding 4 ha fruit trees, to make a surplus for the famous Hungarian spirit called "pálinka".
I strive to produce chemical-free, so I only grow species that are suitable for farming without pesticides and herbicides in this area. I also have similar principles in food production: I focus on preserving the natural flavours of the ingredients. When it is necessary, I use honey, raisins and sometimes sugar to sweeten the foods, and preserve with heat. I only use additives that can be found in nature: citric acid, sorbic acid and citrus pectine.