Traditionally, there are four types of pickles:- Clear Pickle ( single vegetable) Mixed Pickle ( mixed vegetables)
First Preserves
Preserve Your Own – Sweet Corn and Pepper Relish
Also known as sugar corn and pole corn, sweet corn is a maize with a high sugar content. It is pollinated by wind, so best grown closely in a block.
Preserve Your Own – Tomato and Pepper Chutney
Originally from South America, tomatoes were first grown in the UK as ornamental climbers, and cultivated for their decorative leaves and fruit.
Foraging in my Freezer – Gooseberry Chutney
No matter how hard they are pruned, my four gooseberry bushes never fail to supply me with an abundant crop during late June and early July.
Baking with Marmalade – Recipes
Between now and the end of February, I have two precious months to juice, slice, simmer and boil the king of citrus fruits,
First Preserves: Marmalades – enhanced ebook
Vivien Lloyd, one of the country’s leading authority on preserves,
Chutney to charm with First Preserves: Chutneys
Just as spring surely follows winter,chutneys invariably come after summer.
Beautiful Blackberries – Chutney
This year there has been a bumper crop of blackberries, both wild and cultivated, to make my favourite Chutney and Jams. Following a wet winter,
Discovering Damsons, Damson Jam and more
I must confess to having a love affair with damsons. With their blue-black skin and astringent/sweet flavour they are
Succulent Strawberries
As the days lengthen and the sporting calendar has a brief break from league football, the first crops of summer berries arrive. English strawberries