There’s no simpler ratio of effort to reward in foraging. You pick the berries, you stick the berries, then you put them in a jar with gin and sugar, and you wait. A few months later and you’ve got a classy bottle of booze that will gift well and drink well. Makes: 700ml – 1
If Sussex Smokehouse ever grows to the point where we can start producing and selling our own smoked meats and charcuterie, treacle-cured bacon will be next to the smoked duck prosciutto at the top of the list. Treacle-cured, cold smoked bacon is one of the most rewarding things you can make at home. It’s also
Having sold out of our first ever professionally produced batch of hedgerow jelly, it seemed apt to share the extremely vague recipe of this not at all difficult to make preserve: basically whatever you can find + sugar. Doesn’t get much easier than that. If whatever you find includes wild apples or haws, you don’t
Something I stumbled upon a couple of years ago when I had an absolute glut of blackberries to process. After crumbles, pies, liqueurs and fruit leather, I was out of ideas. Then a desperate Google search pulled up a recipe for a ‘fortified wine’. We had a bottle of Cretian wine from our honeymoon that
Not cheese like cheddar- there’s no dairy anywhere near this recipe. Fruit cheese is a thick, sliceable preserve- thicker and denser than a jelly, wobblier than a jam- and it goes great on a cheeseboard. Turn your hedgerow finds into something that’ll last you through winter. Makes: 2–3 small blocksPrep and cook time: 1.5–2 hoursKeeps:
One of my favourite vegetables to grow in my garden is carrots. White ones, yellow ones, purples ones and plenty of orange varieties. 2026 is my fourth year of growing them and I’m still rubbish at knowing when they are ready. Homegrown carrots are so much better than ones you buy, I can’t even begin
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I can’t believe I was 40 before I even heard of this stuff. It’s amazing. Take a fruit or fruits of your choice, cut them up and chuck them in a jar with a load of sugar and forget about it. EASY. Makes the most delicious fruit syrup that can be used in a variety
I’ve only just discovered preserved limes myself, so be patient- you’re learning alongside me with this one. From what I gather, salted limes are a Vietnamese creation. So How Do You Preserve limes then? It’s a dead simple recipe utilising two items- the main ingredients are time and patience. Ingredients Equipment Method The idea is
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You’ve probably seen them before and not given them a second thought- often a scraggly little plant with feathery leaves and yellow petal-less flowers, usually growing from a crack in the driveway or by a path on your daily dog walk route. You know you’ve got the right stuff if you pinch the flower head
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If Sussex Smokehouse ever grows to a size that enables us to start producing and selling our own smoked meats and charcuterie, this smoked duck prosciutto will be one of the first items for sale. Cured, smoked and aged duck breast one of the simplest charcuterie items to make. You can even make it at
