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[henny penny]

Hi Have logged in a couple of times for inspiration but there hasnt been a lot of chat about preserving so I thought I would start the ball rolling and ask what are you preserving now?

I have made this week- pickled beetroot, apple chutney, raspberry jam , onion marmalade, plum and apple mincemeat

and hope to make more this weekend- any other suggestions?

[Chucky Mama]

Chilli jam is lush as is home made piccallili which is very different from the shop bought stuff which can strip the roof of your mouth off.

[Lavenders_Blue]

I made some damson jam the other day and gooseberry jam a few weeks ago.

I am awaiting some cooking apples from a generous freecycler then I will be making spiced apple chutney

[Bramble]

Your creations all sound wonderful, you're making me very hungry and I'm now craving a cheese and chutney sarny

[kerryegg]

I've done my bit. Lemon curd, apple jam ( not great but will do for pies ),pickled eggs, greengage jam and fairly recently damson jam. Still have masses of apple chutney from last year. About to get a glut of squash, oh I have also frozen loads of runner beans.

[Lavenders_Blue]

Just been out in the garden and looked at my tomatoes which are stubbornly refusing to ripen - I think there could be a batch of green tomato chutney in the pipeline too. Just need to find a recipe.

[Christian]

I boiled up a huge pan of damsons and cooking apples yesterday, so will be making the jam today.

 

Lots of red tomatoes for make a chilli jam with and yet more green tomatoes to make a chutney if I can face it later.

 

Need a few more courgettes and will then attempt Mrs Frugal's courgette relish.

[miffy]

I made some damson jam the other day and gooseberry jam a few weeks ago.

I am awaiting some cooking apples from a generous freecycler then I will be making spiced apple chutney

 

that spiced apple chutney sounds good......where did you get the recipe from??

[Cinnamon]

Just made a batch of Cinnamon Plum Jam ,which is really nice.

 

I will be trying a jelly of some sort with all my Crab Apples next weekend.

[Lavenders_Blue]

Hi miffy, I use THIS recipe for spiced apple chutney. I usually use white wine vinegar though, as I don't find it so harsh as malt vinegar, and if I remember rightly I also use less vinegar as there seems to be a lot in the recipe. But it tastes deeeeeeeeelicious!

 

Edited to add - I made this chutney today and used 3/4 pint vinegar as it states in the recipe. It worked out fine so either the recipe has been altered since I last made it or my memory is playing tricks on me!

Edited September 6, 2010 by Guest

[Chickendoodle]

This weekend mincemeat and spiced apple and date chutney (think it might be very hot though as it is very red!) I used smoked paprika as I wanted a bit of a kick but it might have to come with a health warning. Won't know until we can try it in a couple of months.

 

I've made loads of jam over the summer and various chutneys (including a chilli-lilli which is just picalilli with added chillies) and I have put pretty covers on them and have made up a set of 12 to give to my DS and her OH for Christmas - they are very well off and don't really want much but love my home made stuff.

 

This year I have made

 

Jams

Rhubarb and ginger

Apricot and ginger (vv yummy)

Plum (a bit runny)

Blackcurrant

Gooseberry and elderflower

Strawberry & gooseberry

 

Chutneys/pickles

Green tomato chutney

Spiced apple & date

Chilli-lilli

Beetroot & ginger

 

Jellies

Mint

Redcurrant

 

Phew!

[ClaireG]

My Dad gave me a load of damsons he'd got from a friend on Saturday. I'm going to make this in the next few days

http://www.deliaonline.com/recipes/type-of-dish/chutney/spiced-damson-chutney.html

[Christian]

I picked pounds of damsons and cooking apples from a friends house on Saturday.

 

Made 22 jars of damsom and apple jam. Still have 2 carrier bags of damsons left

[chickencam]

That spiced apple chutney sounds nice, I am not a huge fan of chutney, but I do like the ones that spices like coriander and cummin in them and I love paprika. I am not so keen on mixed spice, cloves and allspice.

[SJChick]

Hi

 

I've been inspired this year, partly by Omlet and we made our first ever chutney yesterday. Just a simple Apple Chutney but it looks good so far

[Luvachicken]

Can you make chutney in a bread machine ?

[Lavenders_Blue]

You might be able to if it's a bread machine that has a jam setting. You need to be able to simmer it to drive off some of the liquid and reduce it to a nice, thick, gloopy consistency.

I use a preserving pan to make mine and it's very easy, you just need to be able to keep an eye on it, especially towards the end, so that it doesn't catch on the bottom of the pan.

[henny penny]

Lots of lovely pickling and chutneys!! I have just been given some damsons and some crab apples so think a jelly may be in the offing but will have to research some recipes!