Showing posts with label Produce. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Produce. Show all posts

Sunday, April 10, 2011

Green Tomato Chutney...







Hello Dhaaarlings...

With Summer having left us... and Autumn bringing with it cooler days and even colder nights... My remaining tomatoes were looking a little worse for wear. I didn't hold out much hope for the remaining fruits ripening so I decided to rescue them and put them to good use by turning them into


 "Green Tomato Chutney". 



By roughly chopping them up with some green apples from the tree in the garden... Some thinly diced brown onions. Some allspice, white pepper,
salt, ground cloves, brown sugar, a couple of cups of white vinegar... All thrown into the pot with little heat added  they eventually turned into this...



Jars of Home-made Chutney

Great for giving a zing to your taste buds when used as a condiment with a meal or spread in sandwiches to spice up a boring old cheese or sliced meats...


  




I was pretty happy with the result... And so was the Empress!


It is one of her favourite chutney's...


I had to wrestle with her... just to keep a jar or two for myself!


Saturday, March 26, 2011

Getting Crabby At "The Palais"........



Hello Dhaaarlings...

As I was saying yesterday... today was "Crab Apple Jelly Day"

I've never made Crab Apple anything before so this was a first for me...

I wondered how a pot full of these...





Could be turned into jars of  this...


 



Beautiful... Pink... Sweet... Apple flavoured jelly

All with just a bit of
 Straining and Stirring and Adding of Sugar...

I was impressed... And it tastes just Divine...


My next mission is to tackle a box of Quinces...

To see if I can't turn them into a paste...

Friday, March 25, 2011

F.I.G.J.A.M....



Hello Dhaaarlings...

Princess has been busy this week cooking up a storm again with fresh fruits!

Yesterday it was Fig Jam Day... Having raided a Dear Neighbours tree and...

Turning these little Turkeys...





Well.... these are just the leftovers


Into this...






Fig and Fig and Ginger Jam Dhaaarlings...


Tomorrow is Crab Apple Jelly Day!

Yippee!

So... Do I give a Fig?

Well... Of course... After It's been turned into Jam I do....

And Guess what I'm having on my toast for Brekky Dhaaarlings.....