preserving

How to blanche broad beans

July 28, 2009

Blanched broad beansBlanching broad beans lets you preserve your crop so that you can continue feeding yourself from the produce of your garden right through the winter.

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How to make lemon curd: recipe

December 18, 2008

Lemon curdLemon curd is one of the easiest and quickest preserves you can make. It needs just four ingredients, a pan, a bowl and a bit of stirring, and is a job you can complete in 30 minutes. The results are delicious on toast, and can be used as a filling in a lemon meringue pie.

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Easy Green Tomato Chutney Recipe

November 7, 2008

2008-green-tomatoes-thumbnail.jpgChutneys, as we’ve said before, are easy. So long as you keep an eye on them and don’t let them stick to the bottom of the pan they’re a good first step on the road to preserving.

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How to make apple jelly

July 28, 2008

We finally got time to make jelly with the apples this weekend. They take a little bit of planning, but jellies are easy, and so long as you can spare a couple of hours on two consecutive days they are an easy weekend project that leaves you with a stash of fruity jam to enjoy at the end.

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