The best jelly or sauce to serve with roast meat
What’s the best jelly or sauce to serve with roast meat? Most people have heard of serving Cranberry Sauce with turkey, but there are many other options for delicious accompaniments to serve with your Sunday roast or Christmas dinner – and with the leftovers too. As always, it’s all about personal preference – but these […]
What Is the best Chutney for cheese?
“What is the best chutney for cheese?” is a question we hear regularly from customers – and there are several answers.Firstly, it depends on the cheese; and secondly, it depends on your personal tastes. Hard cheeses Traditionally, mature cheddar, gouda and similar hard cheeses are served with strongly flavoured, dark, chutneys. The robust flavour of […]
Homemade Horseradish Sauce Recipe
Easy Homemade Horseradish Sauce Recipe Homemade horseradish sauce – there’s nothing quite like it for flavour and it’s really easy to make. This is an instance where I would recommend modern technology (a food processor) over the old style technique (hand grating) – partly because fresh horseradish is so strong it may have you weeping […]
Using Biochar on the veg beds
This year we are using biochar for the first time on our courgettes, marrows, cucumbers and tomatoes.One of the great things about gardening is that every yearly cycle provides the opportunity to experiment with different growing techniques in what is essentially a long-term real-time growing trial. what Is biochar? For those who haven’t come across […]