Category: Recipes
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Christmas-ready liqueurs from the hedgerows!
September and October is the perfect time to get all your home-made liqueurs ready for Christmas. The blackthorn hedges near us are full of fat, ripe sloe berries for making sloe vodka or gin – check out the recipe here from the archive. You can follow exactly the same recipe to make damson vodka by…
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Afternoon tea scones
I think I’ve mentioned before that I don’t really have much of a sweet tooth but there are certain things that I’ll make an exception for…………an afternoon (or morning) tea treat of freshly baked scones topped with clotted cream and strawberry jam. You’ll be welcome anywhere bearing a basket of these delicious babies – I…
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What to do with the quince harvest
My neighbour has a beautiful quince tree in her garden that delivers a bumper harvest most years, and this one is no exception. Over time, we’ve developed quite a repertoire of recipes for them: quince infused brandy, ‘quincemeat’, quince and salted lemon chutney and quince and apple sorbet. Oven roasted, they are great with pork…
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