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Dorset Apple Cake
Looking for a good recipe for apple cake and found this one, I have made it quite a few times now and it’s always successful. It’s simple to make and quick too. The apple and lemon taste lovely and it makes a really good ‘cut and come again’ cake. When I make this cake I double the quantities in the hope it will last a little longer, you can do the same you just have to adjust the length cooking time but the recipe below is for the original amounts. To make you need the following: 7oz Self raising Flour 1 teaspoon of Baking Power 1oz Cornflour 4oz Butter 4oz Golden Caster Sugar 1/2 lb Cooking Apples (peeled and diced) 1 Lemon (the zest of) 1 Egg (large) 1 tablespoon Milk 2 oz Sultanas (optional) 1 Cooking Apple (peeled and finely sliced), Fresh … Read entire article »
Planting Garlic
Today has been beautiful outside, bright and dry and perfect for planting garlic. I have three different varieties to go out and hopefully they will all flourish and be ready from June onwards. The varieties are Garlic Jolimont, Garlic Cloves Purple White and Garlic Illico, this one can be used as ‘green garlic’ from May onwards. I hope that last summers garlic with last till then but I have my doubts it is getting pretty low now and I’m regretting not plant more last year. However it’s a learning curve and I have more than doubled the amount I am planting this year, having already put in some ordinary supermarket cloves too. The comparison will be interesting, supermarket v seed merchant. Garlic can be planted up to mid December so still time … Read entire article »
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Medlar Cheese
Medlars are a very old fashioned fruit that is not often used nowadays. It has been used in English kitchens since the 16th century but now is hardly known. Its origins are in eurasia but even there, it is now rare. The fruit of the medlar has to be ‘bletted‘ (or left to soften) and the art is to catch it before it goes to far. In the picture these are just on the cusp of being ready to use. My first attempt at using this fruit was to make Medlar Cheese. This old recipe I used is from Theodore Garrett, The Encyclopaedia of Practical Cookery found at http://www.historicfood.com/medlar%20cheese%20recipe.htm and it worked really well, so many thanks to the folk at historic foods. The process of cooking the fruit in a … Read entire article »
Quirky Squash Soup
What can I say, we have loads of squash and masses of apples and so when I saw this recipe I just had to try and the result was well… a surprise to say the least. It has to be said, it is different but this is part of its charm. It also has the advantage of being able to be served hot in the winter ( I added the potato to give it a bit more body) or cold using summer squash for a lighter version. Why not give it a try and let me know what you think. Thanks to Nicola Tilbe, DHL. To make this soup you will need the following: 1 Butternut Squash or similar (peeled and diced into 2cm cubes) 1 Garlic clove (chopped) 1 Onion (chopped) 1 Litre Vegetable stock 2 … Read entire article »
Exotic Carrot Soup
The carrots from the garden this year are simply delicious and really don’t need any enhancement but I was sent this recipe and although I have added a couple of things to the original recipe the credit goes to Angelika Scneider at Deutsche Post, AG – Zentrale, many thanks to you. It is a truly lovely flavour which is rich and warming. It has the most fabulous saffron like colour and would grace any table. To make you need the following: 750g Carrots chopped (Leave one small carrot whole) 1 large or 2 small Onions chopped 1 large clove Garlic chopped 750ml Vegetable Stock 50g butter Fresh Ginger cut into fine strips (I used a good 5cm) 1 400ml can Coconut Milk Salt and Pepper Freshly chopped chilli Freshly chopped Parsley and chives Add the butter and saute the onions, garlic, chopped … Read entire article »
Picked from the garden today
Today we gathered these from the garden, they looked so beautiful I thought I would share them with you. The chard is still growing and looking lovely, I picked it every couple of days and is one of our favourite vegetables. The tomatoes are still cropping, I just cant believe it, it is amazing. The carrots have been a huge success, grown in tubs, some have forked a bit but then only the EU care about that! The beetroot, also grown in tubs have produced small round little jewels that brighten a salad plate or make a great vegetable served hot or even better in a soup giving it a really deep and earthy flavour. The prize is in the centre, scotch bonnet chilies, still growing although I have moved them into the shed by … Read entire article »
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Pear and Ginger Muffins
This is one way to use the pear and ginger from a batch of non setting jam but you could also use the same weight in any other fruit mix that you like. Apple would be good as would blueberries, raspberries. I would use the lower end of the fruit quantity with berries as they have a more intense flavour. You will need the fol owing: 12 Muffin paper cases to line the muffin tray 2 Fresh Eggs medium size 240ml Milk 120ml Oil, any light vegetable or nut 200g Sugar 375g Plain Flour 4 tsp Baking Powder 1 tsp Salt 175 to 250g Pear and Ginger or any other fruit or berries. Heat the oven to 200c, gas 6, 400F Add eggs, oil, milk and sugar and mix lightly In a different bowl add the flour, baking powder and salt and … Read entire article »
Pear and Ginger Jam
I have been experimenting with this for a couple of seasons now and found it works best with Conference pears here in England, it might be different in other parts of the world. It has to be said that I have had mixed results with this recipe due to the differences in the volume of juice. I prefer to use pears that are ripe and have the most flavour but it does make them all the more juicy, but even if it doesn’t set to well I have always found uses for the end product. I have used this non setting end product as a topping for ice-cream or yogurt. Yesterday using up the last of a batch of non setting, I strained the fruit and ginger and this went into Pear … Read entire article »
Autumn Raspberries
The last of the berries in the garden, these little red jewels are like bombs of flavour mixed in with Bramley apples. The raspberries turn the apple bright red and tastes absolutely delicious with a little sugar added, it is one of my favourite ways to use some of overwhelming harvest of apples. [Translate] … Read entire article »
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Outside, Tomatoes in November!
I cant believe we are still picking tomatoes in November, its seems wrong somehow but there is no one in this house complaining. These plants were rescued from a garden centre, they were freebies left on a table for anyone to take, so we did. We potted them on and although they have had the advantage of being on the west facing wall of the wooden shed, it just goes to show with some reasonable weather conditions what’s possible. The variety is Juliet, and looks somewhat like a small plum tomato but is sweeter in taste. I would be really interested in knowing if you have had some tomatoes breaking records in your gardens so please leave a comment on the variety you have grown. … Read entire article »
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