Delicate Jellies for a Summer’s Feast
I’ve been making summer jellies a lot recently. These are gelatine set ones not the ones more associated with my role on Big Allotment Challenge which are pectin rich preserves! The jellies add both...
View ArticleSticky Christmas Flapjack
These delicious sticky oaty squares are an easy alternative to mince pies allowing all the taste of Christmas with little of the work that rolling and cutting the pastry needs. The recipe has the added...
View ArticleA Quick, Tasty Mincemeat Cake
Finding a jar of mincemeat in one’s cupboard can have you knocking up a batch of mince pies, or even a pan of the mincemeat flapjack in my previous post, but if you want something a little less rich...
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Mango and Lemon Chutney : A Perfect Preserve
You would think, given that my shelves groan under the weight of pickles and jam, I might take a year off from preserving. Or that at least is what my husband hoped, but then on Saturday I was walking...
View ArticleBig Allotment Challenge : Green Pea Dip
Tonight on The Big Allotment Challenge I’ve asked the gardeners to make a dip with the peas they’ve grown for Jim Butress. I’m quite hard to please, as you may have noticed, but I love food and want it...
View ArticleBig Allotment Challenge : Jam Night
Tonight on Big Allotment Challenge our contestant are asked to make two jars of jam, one savoury and one sweet and boy do they struggle! While jam making is most usually a summer pastime when soft...
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Big Allotment Challenge: Okra Night
Okra is the Marmite of vegetables: you love it, you hate it there is no middle way. But it is possible to move from the hate stage to the love one as I’ve found out. My first experince of okra were in...
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Chocolate Courgette Cake
I was at the BBC Good Food Show last week which in the summer runs alongside Gardeners World Live and it was in the Garden Talks tent that I met up with my old friend Jim Butress. We had spent many...
View ArticleGreengage Ketchup: It may not be green, but it is delicious.
This is a recipe from my book Perfect Preserves, one I love so much I make it every summer at about this time when greengages are in the shops for a few brief weeks. Home made ketchups are easy to make...
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Cheesy Courgette Cornbread
ingredients A quick and easy recipe here. One to knock up in minutes when you want something tasty and delicious that uses some of the wonderful courgettes around now. Some tips here: Use small firm...
View ArticleYou may have missed Stir Up Sunday but…
There is still plenty of time to make a pudding fit to be the triumphant finale at your Christmas feast. But with so many excellent puddings around why, you might ask, would you make your own? And...
View ArticleSticky Christmas Flapjack
These delicious sticky oaty squares are an easy alternative to mince pies allowing all the taste of Christmas with little of the work that rolling and cutting the pastry needs. The recipe has the added...
View ArticleA Quick, Tasty Mincemeat Cake
Finding a jar of mincemeat in one’s cupboard can have you knocking up a batch of mince pies, or even a pan of the mincemeat flapjack in my previous post, but if you want something a little less rich...
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Mango and Lemon Chutney : A Perfect Preserve
You would think, given that my shelves groan under the weight of pickles and jam, I might take a year off from preserving. Or that at least is what my husband hoped, but then on Saturday I was walking...
View ArticleBig Allotment Challenge : Green Pea Dip
Tonight on The Big Allotment Challenge I’ve asked the gardeners to make a dip with the peas they’ve grown for Jim Butress. I’m quite hard to please, as you may have noticed, but I love food and want it...
View ArticleBig Allotment Challenge : Jam Night
Tonight on Big Allotment Challenge our contestant are asked to make two jars of jam, one savoury and one sweet and boy do they struggle! While jam making is most usually a summer pastime when soft...
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Big Allotment Challenge: Okra Night
Okra is the Marmite of vegetables: you love it, you hate it there is no middle way. But it is possible to move from the hate stage to the love one as I’ve found out. My first experince of okra were in...
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