Marmalade

Everyone around me is making marmalade but I have never liked it, so here are some pictures - you’ll have to find your own recipes.

Curry from Leicester with home made yoghurt raita -see Abroad

Making plum jam – with the free yoghurt mention and a message to Range Rover

These are the plums, the ones that are dropping from the trees all over our roads at the moment and  no one picks up. I am about to make some more jam which is fab for breakfast mixed into plain Greek yoghurt, instead of buying those horrible flavoured ones. This is especially good timing because my free sample of Total yoghurt is going to be delivered tomorrow! I am planning to do this jam -making in my Veuve Cliquot apron and will probably deliver it to my friends in my Range Rover.

Jam is easy!

Look at my produce! I thought jam was a hassle (thermometers, muslin, big aluminium or not pans, rolling boils, saucers of cold water…) until I discovered the sugars with pectin in and now there’s no stopping me. This week bought kilo bags of two types of the sugar (one for soft fruit jam, one for fruit with stones) Then got just over a kilo of apricots first, made that one in an hour. Then bought raspberries, made that one in half an hour. Will make one more lot from wild bullis plums later as these are my real favourites and just fall off the trees into my carrier bag.

See recipes for a couple of handy hints.