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Pesto Recipe

This recipe is a fusion of three recipes I found for pesto.  It proved a rewarding way to consume the basil, parsley and insane yield of rocket that grew this year.  Adjust quantities to suit.

Ingredients:

2 large bunches of rocket

1 large bunch each

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Pear & Ginger Jam

Ingredients:

1-2 lemons

1 kg pears

500g apples

125g preserved ginger

1 kg sugar

NB: Can save lemon and apple skins, tie in muslin bag and cook with jam to add flavour and aid setting

Method:


Juice the lemons (1/3cup juice), chop the ginger, dice the

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Feijoas!

Does anyone have a recipe for a great feijoa jam? I tried one recipe last weekend and the results were inedible. Or any other feijoa recipes would be most welcome. Thanks! Keri.

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Red guava recipes

I have a tree full of red guavas.  (The wood pidgeons don't seem to be into them yet.)  I have made some guava lemon honey which turned out very nice.  I cooked some up with apple and rhubarb, and that was great too.  Does anyone have other recipes f

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Pears

Pear Chutney

 

25 gr root ginger

5 ml spoon cloves

2.75 kg pears, peeled, cored & chopped

500 gr onions, peeled and chopped

100 gr stem ginger, finely chopped

grated rind and juice 3 oranges

400 gr granulated sugar

500 ml red wine vinegar

 

Tie the r

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Grape juice

Anyone got grapes comming out ears??? heres an idea.

I make grape consintrate for my kids and they love it. Its soooo easy.

Wash grapes {take off stem if like} and squish with ya hands till all broken. Place in large pot and bring to boil for bout 5

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Lemons

I have lemons come out of my ears! Any ideas for preserving the lemons (apart from the quarter & salt preserving method? Can I just freeze the juice? and what about the zest, how do I preserve or freeze that best?

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Freezing Tomatoes

Every year I grow one or two varieties of sauce/past tomatoes.  This year I am growing Viva Italia Hybrid.  As the tomatoes get close to being ripe, I bring them indoors to finish (sparrows keep knocking some to the ground).  After a thorough washing

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Scallopini

just bought a couple of large ones from the local farmers market.

 

I know you can use them as you would courgettes, but i am looking for a dish that cna show them off.

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Mint Jelly

I am over run with Mint and have been saving a few small jars to make Mint Jelly.  Does anyone have a tried and tested recipes?  Or something similar (mint & apple).  Thanks so much

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Home made Cordial Recipe

Here's an old family recipe I used to make the cordial we had at our Sandringham Gardening meeting on the weekend


8 lemons
25g tartaric acid
1 kg sugar
1 litre boiling water

Peel just the zest (coloured oart ) of 4 lemons with a potato peeler and pl

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Chicken and Dumplings

I tasted a Chicken and Dumplings dish years ago that blew my socks off. It was so good! I've tried a couple recipes but just nothing compaired with the one I tasted. I'm willing to try recipes until I die to find the right one!

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