I've been wanting to make preserves for years, but I've only just started to do it. Loving the whole River Cottage ethos, I was naturally interested in this book. I read some great reviews and so I bought it, and IMO it's just as wonderful as others said it was.
There's a wealth of inspiring recipes, many of which come with suggestions for modifications which can be made by those who have different ingredients/would like to use something slightly different. Everything is clearly explained, and the photographs just make me want to go down to the kitchen and eat up every last preserve in the fridge!
This book is an absolute inspiration. I'd defy anyone even very slightly interested in making their own jams, chutneys, ... Read More:
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This, like many of Marguerite Patten's other 'Basics' other books, is simply invaluable. Particularly key, now many of us are growing our own & therefore understand the seasonal 'glut' dilemma - there are, I promise you, only so many cucumbers you can eat in a week ........
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Great little book of sweet and savory old fashioned preserves. Thirty one recipes ranging from old favourites such as lemon curd, green tomato chutney and piccalilli to the more unusual chestnut jam, parsley honey and rum & raisin marmalade. Nicely illustrated with drawings of old country cottages.
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Great little book of sweet and savory old fashioned preserves. Thirty one recipes ranging from old favourites such as lemon curd, green tomato chutney and piccalilli to the more unusual chestnut jam, parsley honey and rum & raisin marmalade. Nicely illustrated with drawings of old country cottages.
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"Jams & Chutneys" just doesn't do this book justice! There's so much more to it than that. It begins with a chapter on techniques and equipment, with all you need to know about ingredients, pots, pans, jars and the rest, with a description of the cooking methods for jams, jellies, curds, chutneys and savoury preserves.
Recipe chapters focus separately on berries, stone fruit, vegetables, orchard fruit such as apples, figs and pears, flowers & herbs, tropical fruit, citrus and spices. There are a few drinks too, such as frozen cranberry vodka, elderflower cordial and raspberry gin.
This is a beautifully laid-out and photographed book, in typical Dorling-Kindersley style, tasteful and informative. Amongst the recipes, ... Read More:
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This is a well researched, readable and helpfully illustrated book. It's a very good choice if you want a book that will instruct you in a broad range of techniques, provide reliable recipes and inspire you to transform lemons, a whole organic pig and everything else in between.
Don't worry that this book is over-verbose. There's no wasted text unless you can only think in bullet points!
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Got bits of leftovers lurking in tupperware at the back of the fridge? Bung 'em in the freezer before it's too late! This book will tell you how... Really useful for busy bees who are too tight to waste stuff :)
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Got bits of leftovers lurking in tupperware at the back of the fridge? Bung 'em in the freezer before it's too late! This book will tell you how... Really useful for busy bees who are too tight to waste stuff :)
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