Preserves

Preserves from the Pantry! Apricot & Orange Chutney from First Preserves by Vivien Lloyd

Chocolate Ale Fruit Cake – Baking Mad and Eric Lanlard

Victorian Spring Posy Cake for Easter or Mother’s Day using Crystallised Violets

Old Fashioned Sweet Violet Syrup for Easter & Mothering Sunday Cakes & Bakes

Cake, Cake, Cake……Fresh Orange Layer Cake with Citrus Curd Buttercream

Preserves from the Pantry – Oranges & Lemons for St Clement’s Curd on Slow Sunday

A Surfeit of Lemons and a Traditional Preserve – Home-made Lemon and Ginger Marmalade

Breakfast Club and Home-Made Lemon Curd

Tea Time Treats for January ~ Little Custard Pies with Mincemeat and Almonds

Plough Monday, Cottage Loaf and a Ploughman’s Lunch (Recipes)

Recipe: The Calendar Girls Curvaceous Cranberry and Kumquat Sauce with Port

Fourth Advent Candle, Candied Orange Peel and Day Eighteen on the Advent Calendar

Gift in a Jar, Day Four on the Advent Calendar and Christmas Morning Tea

Back on the Road Again and Traditional Mincemeat for Christmas Mince Pies

Gifts in a Jar, Let’s Make Christmas and Marinated Mushrooms with Herbs

Welcome! I'm Karen; it’s lovely to see you here. I was born in South Africa, but I've lived all over the world, latterly calling North Yorkshire my home where I lived for many years before moving to SW France, although I'm now living in the Lincolnshire Wolds, a designated area of outstanding natural beauty, in an old Victorian cottage. I am a freelance food and travel writer, as well as a food stylist, and recipe developer, with a passion for art, travel, books, photography, seasonal food and especially cheese and wine. Please do get in contact with me if you have any questions about my work or commissioning me. Read More…