Foraged Foods
Winter 2020 wasn’t great in our area for sloes, but I didn’t want that to prevent me from making my favourite festive tipple. I made a small batch of sloe gin with just a handful of sloe berries and made just enough for 2 drinks. Making sloe gin is so simple that it was worth …
Apple crumbles are an autumn treat. Cosy and warm and sweet. Here’s how I make mine. Ingredients: For the Filling: Cooking apples – peeled, cored and chopped Demerara Sugar Cinnamon Ginger For the Crumble Topping: Flour Butter (cubed) Demerara Sugar Method Place the apple pieces in a deep bottomed pan and heat gently. Sprinkle with …
Dandelions are unavoidable. They appear in every back garden or spare patch of land and are extremely difficult to eradicate completely from your plot. Luckily for us, this is not always a bad thing, because every part of the dandelion plant is edible. It is even considered a delicacy in other countries, such as France- …
I always find that if you are going to brew a home-brew beer – you’re better producing something that’s hard to find by commercial brewers. This Nettle Top and Dandelion Flower recipe uses freshly foraged spring ingredients. Dry Hopping (Adding dry hops to the fermentor) and added lactose makes for an aromatic, bitter and hazy …
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Ingredients Ginger Root 10 Gram(s) Bruised 450 grams Raisins 2 Lemons 2 Litres Nettles 1750 Grams Sugar 4.5 Litres Water Brewers Yeast Method: Pick nettle tops these tend to be a little sweeter and still hold lots of flavour, If you pick your nettle tops in the spring they’ll be at their best. Wash the …
