Tag: preserves

• Unctuous plum chutney

  

  Unctuous plum chutney with a little background kick – perfect for cold meats and strong cheeses

  Ink Sugar Spice

  April 26, 2017

  Autumn, British, Christmas, Food, Food skills, Fruit, Preserves & creams, Sauces, pastes, accompaniments, Vegetarian

  chutney, pickle, plum, preserves, preserving

• Cranberry, pineapple, cherry and nut mincemeat

  

  A rich, citrus mincemeat with pineapple, cranberries, cherry juice and nuts – a world of difference from shop bought mincemeat

  Ink Sugar Spice

  October 26, 2016

  British, Christmas, Festive, Food, Fruit, Preserves & creams, Winter

  cherry, Christmas, Festive, mincemeat, nuts, orange, pineapple, preserves

• Nasturtium pickles

  

  Make your own nasturtium capers – a recipe for a useful pickle that’s almost entirely free!

  Ink Sugar Spice

  August 10, 2016

  Autumn, British, Food, Food history, Ingredient information, Picnic, Preserves & creams, Sauces, pastes, accompaniments, Summer, Vegetarian

  capers, make your own, nasturtium, pickles, preserves, preserving

• Orange curd

  

  An easy, reliable old-fashioned recipe for delicious orange curd.

  Ink Sugar Spice

  February 10, 2016

  British, Food, Food skills, Fruit, Preserves & creams, Winter

  curd, navel, orange, preserves, seville

• Hedgerow fruits curd

  

  This is a sublime flavour for a fruit curd – and makes use of the surfeit of bountiful berries in late summer/early autumn.

  Ink Sugar Spice

  September 13, 2015

  Autumn, British, Food, Food skills, Fruit, Preserves & creams

  blackberries, Fruit, hedgerow, lemon curd, preserves, raspberries

• Chilli jam – sweet and hot

  

  This is easy-peasy and you don’t need a thermometer to measure temperatures. It’s just basically sugar, vinegar and chillies – a highly typical jam recipe. Although, obviously spicy, not sweet, and I added a few bell peppers to ensure the taste was more rounded.

  Ink Sugar Spice

  July 1, 2015

  Autumn, British, Food, Picnic, Preserves & creams, Sauces, pastes, accompaniments, Summer, Vegetarian

  chillies, jam, preserves

• Pomegranate, plum and strawberry curd

  

  I love fruit curds – very retro and very under appreciated. Not only are they great in sandwiches, on toast and for scones and pancakes and similar things, but I often use them as either cake or tart fillings. I sometimes mix them with a little whipped cream or will use them in place of […]

  Ink Sugar Spice

  May 24, 2015

  Autumn, British, Dessert, Food, Fruit, Ingredient information, Preserves & creams, Summer

  curd, Fruit, plum, pomegranate, preserves, strawberry

• Lemon curd

  

  Make yourself some tangy delicious lemon curd -and be surprised at just how easy it is!

  Ink Sugar Spice

  February 10, 2014

  All seasons, Baking, British, Dessert, Food, Food history, Food skills, Fruit

  lemon curd, preserves