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Apple and Plum Butter Recipe

Kevin has commented that he has not got enough plums to make preserves so ‘we will make traditional apple and plum ‘butter’. The end result is a stiff, sliceable preserve. Keeps years! ideal for sponge cakes as it is fairly
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Apple Butter Recipe

Kevin’s wife’s Apple Butter – thanks Kevin for this recipe! 1.Windfall apples (any) 2.Quarter, removing bruised and eaten bits. Keep pips cores skin intact. 3.Smallest amount of water to just covering bottom of lidded pan, this is to get juices
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Green Bean and Tomato Stew Recipe

This recipe for green bean and tomato stew is a novel way of using up a glut of runner beans & tomatoes at the end of the season. Ingredients: 2lb runner beans 1lb ripe tomatoes 3 onions 1/2 pint olive
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Green Pea Hummus Dip

This recipe for green pea hummus dip serves 6 and comes from the Yes Peas! Recipe Book. Ingredients: 500g frozen peas 3 cloves garlic, crushed 3 tbsp light tahini paste Juice of 1 large lemon (add more if preferred) 1
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April Vegetable Soup

This is a recipe for vegetable soup using vegetables available in April. Ingredients: Extra-virgin olive oil Good stock 1 large chopped onion 4-6 cloves of garlic, minced 2 bay leaves 2 tsp. paprika 1 tsp. turmeric 1/2 tsp. dried marjoram
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How to Cook Spinach with Pine Nuts

This recipe tells you how to cook spinach with pine nuts. It only takes 10 minutes and serves 8 people. Method: toast 4 tablespoons pine nuts in a dry frying pan until golden brown toss the pine nuts in 1/2
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Champ – an Irish Potato Recipe

Champ is an Irish recipe of mashed potatoes with butter and spring onions (scallions if you are in Ireland!) Ingredients: 4 pounds (1.8kg) potatoes 1/2 pint (300ml) milk 1 cup (225g) chopped spring onions 1/2 cup (110g) butter Salt and
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Celeriac and Apple Mash Recipe

We had this celeriac and apple mash during a conference at Chatsworth House. It went well with the beef cobbler – and would be the perfect accompaniment for game. Ingredients for apple and celeriac mash: 2 Bramley apples, peeled, cored and chopped 1
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Leek Soup Recipe

We have an abundance of leeks in the vegetable garden, so this leek soup recipe is being much enjoyed! Ingredients 2 leeks – washed & sliced (about 10oz) 2 potatoes – peeled & sliced (about 10oz) 3 rashers lean &
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Sprout Supper

Here is a recipe using Brussels sprouts which is ideal for a winter lunch or supper. Ingredients for 2 people: 14 cleaned Brussels sprouts medium onion peeled & chopped 4 rashers of bacon chopped rapeseed oil for frying black pepper
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