Category: Pickles and Preserves
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Festive Pickled Shallots
It’s a month before Yule and my thoughts have turned, unsurprisingly enough, to the festive table. Now I must confess, I’m not usually a fan of pickled onions – their sharp onion flavour and the acid tang of vinegar has never really been my thing. However by using the milder shallots and cider vinegar, along… Read more
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Blackberry Jam
This year we had loads of wild blackberries, AKA brambles, growing wild in the green spaces around where we live, so we grabbed a couple of bags and went foraging in the hedgerows while the sun was out. We ended up with so many I simply washed them and froze them in weighed batches for… Read more
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Apple, Pear and Fig Chutney
The autumn equinox, known as Mabon on some pagan paths, is nearly upon us, the nights are drawing in, and my mind turns to ways of using up the glut of autumn fruit. I found the original version of this recipe a while back on www.lavenderandlovage.com, which is a gorgeous site and full of beautiful recipes. I made… Read more
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Homemade Orange Curd
This is one of those recipes I found really daunting but which is in fact really easy and the work of just a few minutes. This doesn’t make a lot, but that’s ok because it has a fairly short shelf life of about a month, yet you’ll get enough to do several rounds of toast,… Read more