Delicate, citrusy, and sweet, with a subtle piney freshness, Barnacle’s Spruce Tip Jelly offers a rare and delicious taste of the forest during Alaskan spring.

After the winter thaw, young bud-like growths are harvested by hand from the ends of branches and given a long soak in cold water. The resulting solution is infused with unique flavor and nutrient-rich chlorophyll. All it needs is pectin and sugar to create amber jelly that is delicious on a craggy english muffin or smeared on sourdough beneath a nutty slice of manchego.

TASTING: sweet, citrusy, mild

PAIRING: sencha tea, hard cheeses, labneh

INGREDIENTS: Spruce Tip Infusion (Water, Spruce Tips), Sugar, Pectin

CAUGHT IN: Southeast Alaska