Archive for August, 2011
Sloely releasing its flavour
The hedges are starting to fill with berries, and for the first time we’ve got some of our own sloe berries from the blackthorn bushes that we let grow up in the hedge. Sloes aren’t much good for anything except of course sloe gin, but that’s as good a use as any. It’s so easy to make it seems silly not to give it a go. The recipe I use is very straightforward, and as you are flavouring the gin with the sloes we just buy the cheapest gin we can find (Tesco Value gin in our case). Read the rest of this entry »
Pickling time
This year’s glut is in full swing, with French beans, peppers (sweet and chilli), tomatoes, cucumbers and courgettes (now marrows) currently overwhelming us. There’s only so much you can eat while they’re in season, so to preserve them over the winter I’m turning some of the produce into chutneys and pickles. I’m not a big fan of pickles, but Simon is, so for his sake I’ve decided to have a go at making piccalilli. Read the rest of this entry »