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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 »

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Update on the Home Made Ginger Beer Plants

Hooray! Today bottled the first of many, I hope. I used the yeast, ginger and sugar plant which I drained and added to some sugar syrup and fresh lemon juice.  Time will tell whether it worked or not. My kitchen appears to be a working laboratory for ginger beer plants all at one stage or another, and now I have four jars at various stages and with various ingredients. They are as follows: Fresh ginger and sugar – bubbling away happily having added more fresh ginger and sugar and water. It smells divine. Fresh ginger and sugar now drained of the fresh ginger and have added ground ginger and sugar, this is the second stage and the next will be to make the ginger beer. New plant started with brewers yeast, ground ginger, sugar and water. … Read entire article »

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Homemade ginger beer plants update

So far, so good, the fresh ginger and sugar is fermenting and still smells like ginger and sugar which I believe is a sign that it has not gone off.  It would smell awful and be no good at all. The yeast plant is still going strong and bubbling away with the sugar and ginger added each day. This one will be ready to use to make the ginger beer in two more days.  I can’t hardly wait so see how it will turn out. It will also be really interesting to see how differently they taste. … Read entire article »

Filed under: Beverages, Home Made Ginger Beer