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Apricots are in season in July and August and this wonderful homemade jam is the perfect way to preserve them. It is very quick to make...

I am a pickling and canning novice but when I found small cucumbers for sale in our local supermarket, I remembered the 'bread and butter...

Seville orange marmalade is out of this world but the oranges are only in season for a few weeks so January is the time to make marmalade

A tasty and fruity chutney that can be made at any time of year due to its store cupboard ingredients. Great with a slab of cheese but...

Here’s a recipe for old fashioned mincemeat (essential for your mince pies) which I discovered in my mother’s book. It includes carrots -...

A colourful and tasty chutney using tomatoes and peppers from your summer crop and the first of the apples from your tree. I found this...

Runner beans do not seem an obvious choice for chutney but here’s a recipe I found in my mother’s book given to her by ‘old Joe’s wife’....

The perfect balance of savoury and sweet, red onion marmalade is superb paired with pates, cheeses or cold meats. Also good as a topping...

Mint is known to take over a garden, its roots burrowing underground and suddenly appearing just where you don’t want it. This is the...

One year, we spent our summer holiday staying in a gite on a farm near Bergerac in France. At the end of our stay, the owner kindly gave...

An age-old fruit with a short growing season, gooseberries can be hard to come by. Try farmers markets or friendly neighbours who...

My parents were lucky enough to have fruit trees in their garden so making jam or jelly was very economical. Even now, I seek out cheap...

A taste of Spain in a jar! This is one of my own chutneys - the chilli pepper gives it a slight kick but it's the flavours of the red...

A timeless apple chutney recipe perfect for using up the windfalls from the garden. I found this recipe in my grandmother's book. I have...

The word ‘chutney’ is an anglicized form of the Hindi word chatni. The original version took several days to make with the ingredients...