Creative practices of a textile artist from Queensland, Australia. Now living in Somerset, England.
Tag Archives: preserves
Gorse cordial in the Cornish countryside
Foraging in Cornwall for Fat Hen cookery school. How to pick gorse flowers painlessly and a gorse flower cordial recipe. Continue reading
Posted in Europe, Foraging, Recipes, Travelling
Tagged cordial, cordial recipes, Cornwall, DIY, Experiments, Fat Hen, Foraging, gorse bushes, gorse flowers, hedgerows, Helpx, home cooking, preserves, Recipes, self sufficiency, Travel, UK, wild food
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Rosehip and apple jelly
Crab apple and rosehip jelly recipe, made from foraged fruits gathered around Somerset, UK. Continue reading
Posted in How-to, Preserves, Recipes, Somerset
Tagged bottling, crab apples, Foraging, jams, jellies, preserves, rosehips, self sufficiency, summer fruit
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Making and bottling elderflower cordial
Elderflower cordial – (simple but messy) Elder is a tree that I have only learned to recognise recently, and it was fuelled by my determination to make and bottle some of the (drinkable) British Classics. First on this list was elderflower cordial. Elderflower … Continue reading
Posted in Homebrew, How-to, Preserves, Recipes, Somerset
Tagged antique skills, bottling, cordial, DIY, elderflowers, Foraging, preserves, Somerset, summer, work in progress
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Foraged fruit jelly (crab apple, elderberry, plum and blackberry)
How to make a pectin-rich jelly using glut summer fruit, picked locally. Continue reading
Posted in How-to, Preserves, Recipes, Somerset
Tagged antique skills, blackberry, bottling, crab apple, DIY, elderberry, handmade, jellies and jams, preserves
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A how-to on making jam, pt. 2.
A wrap up on how to make cherry guava jelly from summer foraging in Queensland. Continue reading
Posted in Foraging, How-to, Preserves, Recipes
Tagged bottling, Foraging, guava, jam, jelly, preserves, self sufficiency, tropical fruit
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Pectin test.
I thought I might add my two cents to conversations on the internet about pectin – particularly since the first one I found was atrocious: Windygales, you obviously didn’t know what you were talking about in your initial post, but thanks … Continue reading
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Tagged bottling, Foraging, jam making, pectin, pectin test, preserves, self sufficiency
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A how-to on making jam
Making guava jam, and how to use pectin to help jellies gel properly Continue reading
Posted in Foraging, How-to, Preserves, Recipes
Tagged bottling, Foraging, guava, jam making, preserves, self sufficiency, tropical fruit
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