Ingredients: 1 Kg plums/damsons, washed100ml water800g to 1kg sugar (depending on your taste)1 tsp ground cinnamon Method:1. Place the plums and the water in a sturdy pot over medium heat. As they warm up, the plum skins will start to split. Simmer until the plums have all split open and become soft (about 20-30 mins). … Continue reading Tangy Plum/Damson Jam
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Rhubarb and Ginger Jam
Ingredients: 1kg pink rhubarb, trimmed weight1kg sugar Zest and juice 1 lemon100g stem or 75g crystallised ginger, finely chopped5 cm piece root ginger, peeled3g/1 tsp pectin Method: Wash the rhubarb under cold running water and slice into 2cm pieces. Tip into a large ceramic or plastic bowl, add the sugar and pectin, leave overnight for fruit … Continue reading Rhubarb and Ginger Jam
Fall leaves fall
September is a month of beginnings and endings. The beginning of the academic year, of both meteorological and astrological autumn and the end of summer; the equinox on 22nd of the month marking the second date in the year when the day and night are of equal length. From now, our daylight hours get shorter … Continue reading Fall leaves fall
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