It very exciting that The Old Kennels has been selected for a Gold Award at Devon Tourism Awards 2016 finals. All I can say is thank you so much to our lovely customers (many of whom really feel more like good friends) and my very supportive family who welcome everyone into our home. What a [...]
GOSH! The Old Kennels are Devon Tourism Awards Finalists! I am truly stunned... just a few days before entries closed a lovely gentleman tweeted to me and said "you ought to enter this" so a quick bit of form filling later and we had a visit from an equally lovely lady to see what we do [...]
CUCUMBER SANDWICH PICKLE A great way to finish up any tough cucumbers and gherkins from the garden, also works well with courgettes or a mixture, just slice very finely. Take about six cucumbers about 6" in length and a kilo of onions, slice very finely (use a mandolin or mouli) and layer with [...]
LENTIL & BEETROOT SALAD Serve this as a warm salad - or chilled as you prefer. Several small beetroot or two large beetroot (peeled and cubed) roasted for half an hour at 175c in a little olive oil 150g of dried Puy lentils 250ml vegetable stock & a bay leaf 1 small onion chopped [...]
GOOSEBERRY & ELDERFLOWER JAM If you dont have time to make your jam, gooseberries freeze well and you can make it when your ready, also makes a lovely gooseberry fool or bakewell tart if you have jars to finish up before the next crop is ready. 1kg Gooseberries 1kg Granulated Sugar 150ml water to [...]
SECRET BLACKCURRANT JAM The 'Secret' is perfectly tender jam but with whole Blackcurrants, the pips are inside so much nicer than a pippy runny jam in my opinion! 2lbs Blackcurrants 3lbs Granulated Sugar 1tblsp Brandy Wash, top and tail the Blackcurrants - in the evening put in a preserving pan and cover with the [...]
MARROW RUM What to do with those last couple of hard skinned marrows of the season? Right at the end of the year when you have the toughest marrows and the weather is cooling you could try this recipe that my Nan always used ... Take your largest toughest Marrow Any very dark sugar [...]
HERB SALAD WITH ORANGE & MUSTARD DRESSING SALAD: 125g fine asparagus salt and black pepper Romaine Lettuce or Red Oakleaf 100gms Lambs Lettuce 100gms Rocket 1 bunch of flat leaf Parsley, stalks removed 1 bunch of fennel tops, stalks removed 1 head of wisteria - flower buds only, no green at all 60gms (2oz) [...]
ELDERFLOWER CORDIAL So many uses beyond diluting with water ... if you have never tried it, freeze in individual ice cubes in a tray with a sprig of mint in each, then serve in your gin and tonic...Summer in a glass! You will need... 60 heads of Elderflower 3kgs Sugar 6 Lemons 100g Citric [...]
SPICED ARONIA BERRY CHUTNEY 2kgs Aronia Berries (washed) 2kgs Cooking Apples (peeled and chopped) 200gms Raisins 2tsps Ground Ginger 1tsp Ground Cinnamon 1tsps Ground Cloves 1/2 Cinnamon stick Zest and juice of one Orange Sea Salt 2kgs Sugar 1700ml White Vinegar Boil all ingredients for approximately 40 minutes till the fruit is soft and [...]
