Making booze from fruit is an idea that’s always intrigued me. It sounds too good to be true that we can pick fruit for free all summer and turn it into warming winter cocktails! But all the recipes I’ve ever seen seemed a bit complicated and I was too intimidated to give it a try. But once I realised how simple it can be, I knew blackberry wine would be just the beginning…
Posts Tagged ‘alcohol’
Blackberry wine and apple fruit leather
Posted in Preserves, Recipes, tagged alcohol, cooking, food, foraging, fruit, preserves, recipes, vegetarian on August 30, 2011 | 2 Comments »
First spring forages and food…
Posted in Preserves, Recipes, Side dishes, tagged alcohol, cooking, food, foraging, preserves, recipes, side dishes, vegetables, vegetarian on May 17, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Spring is here and food is growing again woop! I’ve been foraging a couple of times already and I’ve even harvested a few things from the garden…
What to do with sloes?
Posted in Preserves, Recipes, What to do with..., tagged alcohol, food, foraging, gifts, leftovers, preserves, recipes on December 18, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Back in October I went foraging for sloe berries for the first time. Foraging seems to be more and more popular at the moment and I had no trouble getting together a group of friends to join me! We all went home and made sloe gin from our berries and Christmas is the traditional time to take that first sip you’ve been waiting for…



