seville orange marmalade recipe The best marmalade is quite chunkily cut and not too sweet, like the old-fashioned Oxford type. This recipe makes a delicious, deep-amber coloured marmalade.for about 3.5kg of marmalade 1.4k
grape jelly recipe Home-grown grapes in this country tend to be small, not all of them ripen and they can be thick with pips. You can eat a few with cheese and make jelly with the rest. This is lovely on bread or
pelargonium-scented strawberry jam recipe Don't make strawberry jam in huge batches; it's harder to get it to set, and with endless boiling you lose the freshness of the flavour. Adding scented pelargonium (geranium) leaves to the jam,
tarragon vinegar recipe Nothing could be better than this delicious yet simple tarragon vinegar – with that characteristic smoky flavour, brilliant for winter salad dressings. It also makes the best hollandaise sauce.MethodY
red pepper and onion relish recipe I like the freshness of this relish - delicious served with burgers or sausages (or sausage burgers).Makes 3 x 450g jars7 red peppers, deseeded and finely chopped3 onions, finely sliced3 sticks of cel
ratatouille chutney recipe This is a classic chutney, delicious with bread and cheese and ideal with cottage pie. Use courgettes, small or marrow size, and pattypans if you have them.Makes 2½ litres 500ml cider vinegar400g bro
rowan and apple jelly recipe A beautifully clear jelly made from rowan berries and apple. This is my favourite jelly. It’s smoky and tart, perfect with venison or any game and lovely smeared on corn on the cob. It’s also brillian
sloe and apple jelly recipe A lovely jelly with a tart taste and beautiful colour. It tends to be a bit sticky, so put it in the jars when it is a little runnier than most jellies. It will firm up anyway after a few months.For 2
three-day raspberry jam recipe The flavour of this raspberry jam is as intense as it gets, and the steeping in sugar for three days keeps some of the fruit whole, or almost; the sugar 'sets' each individual berry.This recipe is ins
harvest recipes for your garden's bounty Make the most of this year’s bumper harvest and line your larder with jars and bottles of delicious autumn bounty. I’m sure I was a peasant in an earlier life, as there is nothing I like bette
quick rhubarb chutney with cardamom recipe You can use this chutney in the usual way – with bread and cheese or alongside cottage pie – but it's also good heated through and served with roast duck, pork or grilled mackerel.Makes 2 × 500g jars
French strawberry jam recipe An excellent jam that is not too sweet and not too set, perfect with scones and cream or added to yoghurt or porridge.makes approximately 5 jars 1kg strawberries (if you are not adding wild
De Kas tomato jam recipe This is my adaptation of a recipe from one of my favourite restaurants, De Kas in Amsterdam. A delicious, sweet tomato pickle with a fragrant taste from the spices, it is fantastic on crostin
cranberry and juniper jelly recipe I first ate this in St Petersburg ten years ago and loved its clean and aromatic taste, so I try to make it when cranberries are around every Christmas. It's excellent served with any cold meat or
blood orange, lemon and pink grapefruit marmalade recipe A wonderful, rich, tart marmalade.makes about 4-5 x 450g jars 1.5kg blood oranges 2 pink grapefruits 2 lemons 1 teaspoon salt About 2kg sugar with pectin Drop the whole or
beetroot and squash relish recipe This beetroot and squash relish has wonderful colour and flavour, is good with grilled and barbecued meat, and nice heated and served warm with pork chops. I love its taste of cumin.makes about