cooking bonanza

Jacob and I spent the day cooking up chutneys and chilli jelly.

Tomorrow is a little bit of last minute shopping and Friday is baking biscuits and mint creams to add to the food parcels.

christmas chutney

Well here it is, and it's quite lovely. I'm not sure whether to keep it in my own cupboards!

Blackberries from the allotment, straight from the freezer

All the ingredients except the blackberries go into a pan for a good old simmer

After a 30 minute simmer it was in with the blackberries for the most amazing red colour.

15 more minutes on a simmer and it was done.

How easy was that!

I LOVE FOOD

christmas chutney today, chilli jam tomorrow

I'm listening to Doris Day singing Christmas carols and making some Apple, Blackberry and Cinnamon chutney. I really hope it comes out OK as it's going into 'Christmas Food Hampers' for the family.

Just about to add it to the jars so shall let you know how it goes.