a 21st Century Kitchen Garden

the place where I put my recipes and other fun stuff

Christmas Cake

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Christmas Cake

Early in November I normally make my christmas cake. I use a recipe loosely based on Delia Smith’s recipe which can be found here.

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Pumpkins…

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Cat Got Your Tongue?

With Halloween upon us it is time to do a bit of carving. When I was a child we used to carve pumpkins with a knife and the results were decidedly random.

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Caramelised Onion Chutney

Onions are one of those wonderful items that keep very well in a dry shed once the leaves have dried off, but there is nothing quite like a pot of home made caramelised onion chutney if you have any surplus! This recipe is a mixture of several different recipes I have tried and is great on Boxing Day with cold turkey.

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Making Cider

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Shaking

The autumn time is the traditional time to make Cider (or if you are from the US, Hard Cider) and this year Richard Dixon and I didn’t want to be left out.

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This is a great autumn favourite of mine, however I didn’t grow any sweet potatoes and my parsnips aren’t ready for digging up yet so a call to the green grocer was necessary:(

I am not sure where I originally found the recipe, but you can make it with a low fat cheese so it can be an incredibly low fat dish if required.

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