Surplus quinces, plums or lemons   Print A great tip. Author: Alan Simmons Instructions A good trick with surplus fruit is to just freeze them until required. With Quinces, lemons and plums just place them in a supermarket shopping bag or like and put in the freezer. When you want to use them just remove
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Quince Jelly   Print Author: Alan Simmons Ingredients 8 large quinces 2kg sugar 4lt water (enough to cover quinces) Instructions Wipe fruit, do not cut or peel. Place whole fruit in preserving pan with sugar and water. Bring to boil then maintain a rolling boil for 4 hours, skim froth occasionally. When the liquid hangs
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Apricot Jam   Print Author: Alan Simmons Ingredients 1 kg firm ripe apricots-halved-stoned ½ cup water ¼ cup fresh lemon juice 1kg sugar Instructions Bring apricots, water and lemon juice to boil, then simmer for about 15 minutes or until apricots are tender. Add sugar stirring constantly with wooden spoon (without boiling) until sugar is
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Lemon Curd   Print Author: Alan Simmons Ingredients 3 eggs 6 tablespoons butter 1 cup sugar rind and juice of 2 lemons Instructions Beat eggs and put into a bowl with butter, sugar, finely grated lemon rind and strained juice of both lemons. Place the bowl over a pan of boiling water, stir until mixture
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Pineapple Curry Sauce   Print Author: Alan Simmons Ingredients 2 X 450g slighlty underipe pineapples 1 tablespoon peeled chopped freash ginger 5 garlic cloves ¾ cup chopped onion 1 sliced green pepper salt to taste 1½ teaspoon pepper ¼ teaspoon tumeric 2 tablespoons vegetable oil ½ cup thinly sliced onion 5cm piece of cinnamon stick
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Kiwifruit Jam   Print Author: Alan Simmons Ingredients 1kg kiwifruit water 4½ cups sugar 2 oranges 1 lemon Instructions Cut kiwifruit in hlaf and scoop pulp out. Thinly peel 1 orange and cut the peel rind into thin strips. Squeeze the juice from both oranges and make up to 1 cup with water. Squeeze the
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Mustard Cauliflower Pickle   Print This is delicious especially on cold meat and an old NZ favourite. Author: Alan Simmons Recipe type: Pickles Ingredients 1 Large cauliflower 4 onions I red capsicum 5 cups vinegar 2 cups sugar 2 tablespoons mustard 2 tablespoons curry powder 1 tablespoon tumeric ½ cup cornflour Instructions Chop all vegetables
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