Delicious Rosehip and Apple Jelly has all the flavour of running your palate through a rose garden and orchard. The rosy and appley flavour is complimented by the beautiful deep amber colour of this jewel-like jelly. Why I Made Rosehip and Apple Jelly I’ve been walking past rosehips growing in local hedgerows at this time…
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Simple Shredless Orange Marmalade (or with shreds)
This deliciously tangy, Simple Shredless Orange Marmalade is easy to make and doesn’t require any specialist equipment. It can be made all year round with ordinary oranges and a lemon. You can even leave the shreds in if you prefer! If you loved Robertson’s Golden Shredless Marmalade as a child or still love it now,…
Mirabelle Plum Jam
Mirabelle Plum Jam (or Yellow Cherry Plum Jam) has a beautiful delicate flavour that’s similar to apricot jam. This 2 ingredient, pectin-free homemade jam is the perfect breakfast or tea time preserve. Back Story Back in the summer of 2014 my father delivered a huge bag of mixed windfall plums to my door. They’d come…
Easy Christmas Jam
Easy Christmas Jam is a cranberry and apple jam, flavoured with orange and mixed spice (without pectin). Enjoy this wonderful jam at tea time as a spread or like cranberry sauce along with roast turkey. Making Easy Christmas Jam couldn’t be quicker or simpler as there is no muslin bag needed to be filled up…
Easy Crab Apple Jelly + video tutorial!
Easy Crab Apple Jelly is sweet, tangy and delicious, the perfect way to preserve crab apples! It doesn’t require a jelly bag, stand, upturned stool or kitchen door knob, just a colander and a pair of tights, muslin or tea towel set over a pan. Couldn’t be easier! In early September I went off looking…
Sloe & Apple Jam + video & pitting hacks!
My Sloe & Apple Jam recipe is made with just 3 ingredients and no pectin or jam sugar. Wonderfully tart yet sweet, sloes and apples make the perfect pairing in this exquisite jam. Recently I went foraging for elderberries to a location I’d been told about that also had sloes. I didn’t find any elderberries…
Apple Meringue with step-by-step video!
Apple Meringue is the simplest and easiest of puddings to make! Soft pillowy meringue sits aloft a bed of stewed apples which contrast beautifully with the sweetness of the meringue! I first learned to make Apple Meringue at school in my Home Economics class and it soon became a family favourite! It’s a fab, warming,…
Plum & Apple Jam with step-by-step video!
Plum & Apple Jam is the perfect autumn jam. Delicate in flavour with a beautiful pinkish red colour it’s perfect for breakfast or teatime! Today I’m rejuvenating my very popular Plum & Apple Jam recipe with some new photography and a few tweaks to the copy! After receiving a glut of plums from my mum…
Blueberry & Lime Jam – with step-by-step video!
Blueberries & lime complement each other beautifully so are perfect partners in this Blueberry & Lime Jam! So delicious you’ll want to make this blueberry jam again and again. The other day I was looking at the search terms that people had typed into my search tab and the top one was for Blueberry &…
Rhubarb & Ginger Jam – prize winning, no pectin recipe!
Rhubarb & Ginger Jam is made with crystallised stem ginger which adds a delicious mellowing warmth to the sharpness of the rhubarb. This is a jam you’ll be begged to make again & again! What can you do with a pack of rhubarb? Make my Rhubarb & Ginger Jam (no pectin recipe) that’s what! I…