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 [...]
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 [...]
NAN'S PEAR CHUTNEY My Nans Pear Chutney 3lbs Pears cored peeled and sliced (firm is fine, but not soft) 1lb onions peeled and chopped 1lb green tomatoes thinly sliced 1/2 lb stoned raisins (chopped) 1/2lb celery chopped - 1 1/2 lbs Demarara Sugar 1/4tsp cayenne pepper 1/4tsp ground Ginger 1/2oz salt 5 peppercorns in [...]
PICKLED ONIONS I like to grow Longor a French variety of shallot that yields a handful of long pinky bulbs to pickle in white vinegar, it couldnt be simpler. Now there are many methods, but I am just giving you mine... Wash your jars in very hot soapy water, then place in the oven [...]
