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Black Currants
Balck Currant Syrup (like ribena) I have been making this for quite a few years now and my family really appreciates it as a warming drink in winter. 2 x 2 litre (ice cream) containers black currants Same amount sugar ( approx 2kg per container) 1 cu
Read more…Preserving with an urn
Hey Lyn,
thought I would move your comment to a forum page.The trick with these preserving urns is instead of needing to steralise your jars before you fill them, you can clean them, fill them with your preserve and then just put them in the cook/ster
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Preserving Passionfruit
I'd like a recipe for preserving passionfruit as a pulp or syrup please.
Read more…Preserving beans
Anyone have a recipe for preserving / bottling beans? Not broad beans. I once had some curry beans given to me which was delicious but can't find a curry recipe for beans.
Jeffie
Read more…Tayberries....
Hi there,
Just wondering if anyone knows of a good receipe for Tayberry jam? Or if anyone has ever made any - and how it turns out?
I still have a stack in my freezer from tayberry picking last year, and really need to get a move on to use them!
Than
Read more…Sauces
Plums are the next fruit in. There are some wonderful sauce recipes for blood plums e.g. Billingtons Early, also available on the net. Much nicer than tomato, and can be as hot as you like.
Read more…Agee jars
I have a few Agee jars that are about jam jar size - mouth diameter about 68 mm, height about 110 mm. Unlike the other Agee jars that have the sort of screw top rim to take the Perfit ring and lid seals, these ones just have a thick rim. They don't s
Read more…lumps in my sweet vegie pickle
I love the sweet vegie pickle I've made twice now, but it gets lumps from the paste I put in. The recipe says to make a paste of flour, spices and white vinegar. This is added to the pot of vegetables that has already been brought to the boil and coo
Read more…Lemons as preservatives
We have a pile of lemons (squeezed and frozen juice and zest) and I'm looking for ways to use their acid content to preserve food later in the season. Does anyone have any recipes for using them that way?
Read more…Lots of grapefruits!
Hi,,,my lovely neighbours dropped off a bag of grapefruit. Despite numerous cookbooks on preserving, jams etc seems to be very few recipes for grapefruits! Have found one for a marmalade & thinking I could replace the limes in the lime marmalade jell
Read more…Lovely Lemons
To continue on from the comment screen on lemons; freezing juice and zested peel, candied peel etc. When I made a no sugar christmas cake for my diabetic step father I made my own sugar free peel by drying it in the dehydrator, It quite possibly was
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