2.kg Pears ( smaller size pears are good for this recipe)
1 lemon
1 orange
2 tsp black peppercorns (lightly bruised)
1 tsp pimento berries (lightly bruised)
4 cm piece ginger, peeled and sliced
500 mL apple cider vinegar...
Ingredients (makes 2 # 20 Bottles)
Ripe purple figs - approx 1 kg
Shiraz 750 mL
2 Oranges ( skin only )
2 each cinnamon quill , cloves, star anise
1 tbsp brown sugar (optional)
Water
Method
Wash figs, slice in half and...
Makes approx.8 x No 14 Bottles
Ingredients
2 kg Ripe feijoas washed roughly chopped
1.5 kg Demerara sugar (or granulated sugar)
180mL lemon juice
5 cm piece fresh ginger, grated
50g Jamsetta
Wash bottles thoroughly &...
Ingredients
1 kg apples
500 g red dragon fruit
Honey (optional to taste )
Method
Peel & core apples, slice and place in preserving pan with water, simmer gently. Cut dragon fruit in half lengthwise and scoop out flesh,...
This isn't really a recipe but it's so worth making. You'll need a clean #36 or #65 Bottle and a little time ....the result makes for the best cocktails or spritzers you've had in ages. Perfect for lockdown Happy...
Feijoas make delicious jams and jellies, they have a sweet aromatic scent, pair well with ginger.
Ingredients
2 kg feijoas (approx)
5 cm fresh ginger chopped (optional)
Water
1.25kg sugar
50 g Jamsetta
Method
Chop feijoas...
If you've been gifted a bucket of cumquats this Autumn, a brandy marmalade is the perfect way to make sure they don't go to waste. Instead of just on toast use the marmalade in a self- saucing dark chocolate...
There are so many delicious varieties of Autumn mushrooms in season right now ; pine, slippery jack and cultivated varieties like golden oyster, shitake, lions mane to name a few. These delicious flavours can be...