Jersey Black Butter (La Faîs'sie d'Cidre) — Jersey
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Jersey Black Butter (La Faîs'sie d'Cidre)

The Elms, St Mary 1–2 hours Verified 2026-06

Traditional autumn black butter making at The Elms, St Mary.

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Despite the name, Jersey Black Butter (lé nièr beurre) contains no butter — it's a spiced apple-and-cider preserve cooked communally overnight in a huge copper bachîn. The National Trust hosts an annual late-October weekend at The Elms where visitors can stir the bachîn, peel apples and taste the finished jet-black spread.

What to expect

Living Jèrriais heritage and one of the island's most distinctive foods.

Good to know

Annual event in late October; jars sold year-round at the Trust shop.

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