Preserves book

fedupandskint

Hi Mrs E

I have it! I love this book and have made loads from it with no problems. Planning to get round to making the mint syrup, flavoured vinegars and more boozy items next year alongside the favourite chutneys. Mind I've made enough this year to last about 2yrs!

I've made the following over the last 2yrs
Flavoured oils
Winter fruit compote
All seasonal chutneys
Chilli Jam
Picallili
Blackberry and apple flavoured gin

All store well and only a couple turned out a bit dodgy and haven't tried them yet - strawberry jam that went runny and hearty ale chutney that was also runny and a dodgy colour. Both might taste ok though when I use them

Doesn't have a mango chutney recipe in it

HTH

Its split into jams and marmalades, chutneys, vinegars and oils, bottled fruit, squashes and booze off the top of my head

MrsE_2

fedupandskint wrote: »

Hi Mrs E

I have it! I love this book and have made loads from it with no problems. Planning to get round to making the mint syrup, flavoured vinegars and more boozy items next year alongside the favourite chutneys. Mind I've made enough this year to last about 2yrs!

I've made the following over the last 2yrs
Flavoured oils
Winter fruit compote
All seasonal chutneys
Chilli Jam
Picallili
Blackberry and apple flavoured gin

All store well and only a couple turned out a bit dodgy and haven't tried them yet - strawberry jam that went runny and hearty ale chutney that was also runny and a dodgy colour. Both might taste ok though when I use them

Doesn't have a mango chutney recipe in it

HTH

Its split into jams and marmalades, chutneys, vinegars and oils, bottled fruit, squashes and booze off the top of my head

Sounds a good book:D

I need them both:D

Nicifer_noonoo

MrsE wrote: »

Amazon £6.66

Isn't that one (superjam) without extra sugar?

Yes it does give the recipe using grape juice instead of sugar so great if you are trying to avoid it, but gives it with the equivalent weight of sugar too so you can chop and change if you prefer to use sugar. I wouldn't be without it. Also gives some lovely baking recipes to use some of the jams you make.

MrsE_2

Nicifer_noonoo wrote: »

Yes it does give the recipe using grape juice instead of sugar so great if you are trying to avoid it, but gives it with the equivalent weight of sugar too so you can chop and change if you prefer to use sugar. I wouldn't be without it. Also gives some lovely baking recipes to use some of the jams you make.

Brilliant, I wondered if they were "preserved" as long if they lacked in sugar:p:o

Penelope_Penguin

I'll add this to the existing thread on preserving books.

Agapanthus

Preserves and Pickles by Alison Burt has been my bible for twenty five years. The recipes are fairly traditional, but I've never had one fail.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Preserves-Pickles-Alison-Burt/dp/0706402723/ref=sr_1_8?ie=UTF8&qid=1289207450&sr=8-8

MrsE_2

Got the superjam book, will be eagle eyed now for any reduced mangos.

Great book, no piccalilli recipe, which surprised me as there are a good few chutney type recipes. I need the Rover Cottage one too, is that a nice piccalilli recipe?

mambury

Mrs E - I got the picallili recipr (rivercottage) from the website..... OH wolfed down a jar in three days!.... personally I can't stand the stuff but he has been begging me to make more as the other jars are for gifts....

http://www.rivercottage.net/recipes/pams-piccalilli/
My preserving bible is the Margaret Pattens book.... nice and straight forward with plenty of recipes....

MrsE_2

mambury wrote: »

Mrs E - I got the picallili recipr (rivercottage) from the website..... OH wolfed down a jar in three days!.... personally I can't stand the stuff but he has been begging me to make more as the other jars are for gifts....

http://www.rivercottage.net/recipes/pams-piccalilli/
My preserving bible is the Margaret Pattens book.... nice and straight forward with plenty of recipes....

Thank you.

I hate the stuff too, DH wants it.

mambury

n probs... and it's dead easy to make too! I only made 1 kilo of veg, that gave me about three jars.....