Preserves!

First batch of mango chutney was made this morning.Woke at 5am so got up and had a mug of tea and started the chutney. Decided to make 2 batches; one spicy and one less so. Spicy one made.The chutney has come out quite dark due to the sugar used in the recipe. Next time I would use ordinary granulated not soft brown sugar.Recipe made 3 jars.

The Plum cheese or PLumbrillo is also made. Very simple to do and cheap seeing as plums are mega cheap at the moment. There are 6 jars and 3 ramekins worth.We tried one of the ramekins yesterday. A quite release at the side with a knife and the cheese plopped out onto a plate. We nibbled some cheddar with it and thought it was quite tasty although we think it would go better with Brie or Camembert and maybe goats cheese.

Going to make second batch of chutney later also going to do some cherries in brandy for Christmas.

Back on Blogger

It's the school summer holidays and I've decided to have another go at blogging! Can I keep it up? Well we'll see!
Have a couple of projects lined up for the next few days.

mango chutney
plumbrillo

Today, being pay day, I went to the shops to do the basics monthly shop. Visited the supermarket and Lidl's. Lidl's had mangoes for 50p each so I bought 6. Probably going to make the WI book of Preserves recipe. Will study recipes over next couple of days.

I subscribe to Good Food magazine and the September issue dropped on the doormat the other day.With the magazine was a small booklet of Make-ahead recipes.The very last recipe was plumbrillo! I am a big fan of membrillo,the quince variety. Plums are very cheap in the shops at the moment and I have a couple of tubs in the fridge. So tomorrow I may just give it a go.

My other big project, kitchen wise, is using up all the long forgotten frozen fish,chicken and red meat lurking at the bottom of the freezer.
Must go and look for something for tomorrow's main meal.