Here's a recipe just in time for Christmas (it gets better if left to mature for a bit). Ingredients 8 oz Bramley apples - cored and ...
Saturday, 6 August 2011
Pickled Pears

This is good served with ham or cheese, or warmed through with goose or duck. Ingredients 2 lb small, hard pears 12 oz soft light brown su...
Saturday, 30 July 2011
Saturday, 23 July 2011
Bramble Jelly

Ingredients 2lbs blackberries 1lb chopped crab apples (inluding pips and core) 1 lemon Sugar Method Place the blackberries in a p...
Sunday, 17 July 2011
Lavender Jelly
Ingredients 4 lbs crab apples sugar 3 pints water lavender sprigs Method Chop apples, keeping cores Boil for 1 hour with 2 sprig...
Sunday, 10 July 2011
Apple and Mint Jelly
Ingredients 4 lbs cooking apples sugar 3 tablespoons chopped mint Method Chop apples, keeping cores Just cover with water Simmer...
Sunday, 27 February 2011
Fruity Spiced Chutney
Ingredients 1 1/2 pints cider vinegar 16 oz plums 16 oz pears 16 oz onions 16 oz tomatoes 16 oz sugar 8 oz celery 4 oz raisins 2 ...
Sunday, 20 February 2011
Sunday, 13 February 2011
Pigeon Casserole
The oldest written recipe for pigeon stew dates to about 1390, and would have been reserved for the lord of the manor using his own farmed p...
Sunday, 6 February 2011
Suet Crust Pastry / Dumplings
For roly-polys, boiled or steamed puddings and dumplings. Ingredients 8 oz self-raising flour 4 oz shredded suet 1 level teaspoon bakin...
Saturday, 22 January 2011
Saturday, 15 January 2011
Beetroot Chutney
Ingredients 1 large onion 1 large cooking apple 1lb beetroot splash of sunflower / rapeseed oil 1/2 pint Balsamic vinegar 1 teaspoon...
Sunday, 19 December 2010
Candied Peel
Candied peel is easy to make, and tastes about much better than the shop bought variety. It can be used in recipes, or enjoyed on it's o...
Sunday, 28 November 2010
Christmas Pudding
It's that time of year again, time to create my favourite part of the Christmas meal: the pudding. As a family, we're not organised ...