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Rosella Jam

After being away for a month or so, I came home to a very large haul of Rosella’s. Here is the recipe I used for the Jam. 1. Separate fruit into seed pods (green bits) and calyx (red bits) and WASH each carefully. 2. Red bits ONLY, weigh and ratio is 500gm – 2 cups …

Lemon JAM not Marmalade – sweet and tangy at the same time.

2 cups Lemon pulp (no peel, seeds or pip) 2 cups sugar Puree the lemon pulp Add pulp and sugar to large saucepan Boil to hot boil,  if cooked cooler it will be more runny.  Cooked hotter means thicker. Bottle safely. NOTE:  There will be froth, if too much remove with a sieve.  I used …

An excellent Christmas Table Centrepiece

Puff Pastry / Croissant Christmas Tree You can make these sweet or savoury.  Personally, the savoury one is the one for me, but here are a few different recipes for the filling.  You can use however many sheets of puff pastry as you want, depending on the height of the tree that you are after. …

Strawberry Jam

Strawberries are in peak season now and are a great price, therefore the jam will be extra delicious.  Time to make some jam. Strawberry Jam is one of the simpliest to make and is full of flavour. Recipe : 3 kg strawberries, halved and hulled (wipe over with paper towel first) 3 kg sugar juice …

The most popular Dried Apricot Jam

Dried Apricot Jam is rich and full of flavour.  It is very quick to make.  You do not need pectin, if you happen to run out of jam, this can be whipped up in a few minutes.  I usually add some almonds to mine to give it a different texture. Recipe : 1kg Dried Apricots …