Things to do January 2015

 A Check list for all those items I would like to make.  In reality we cannot make the lot, but what I make varies from year to year apart from a few core items.  I know I make a lot but having home preserves on the shelf and a stocked freezer gives me some security that no matter what there is always something to feed on and there is always a meal to be had no matter how simple or how complicated.

This really is just an aide memoire so I do not miss anything and it also makes use of ingredients to be had out of season but too good a bargain to miss and will be added to as I go along.

• Bottled Rhubarb in Syrup

• Rhubarb Champagne

• Rhubarb Cordial 
• Rhubarb Wine 
• Rhubarb Schnapps

• Streaky Bacon
• Honey Smoked steaky bacon 
• Salami
• Pastrami

• Rillettes

• Potted Shrimps
• bresaola

• Potted Beef
• Potted Chicken

• Seville Orange Marmalade
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• Vin d' Orange 
• Salted Lemons
• Grapefruit Cordial
• Star Anise Jelly
• Passion Fruit Jelly
• Passion Fruit Curd
• Rhubarb Rose and Crdamom Jam
• Purple Fig and Pomegranate jam
• Pink Grapefruit Marmlde
• blood orange curd

• Freeze a couple of batches of whole Seville Oranges for making Marmalade later in the year. 

• Seville|Orange Curd

• Start the first of two wine kits to be bought each month in order to put down a wine supply for Christmas 2015 and also for general entertaining. Each kit produces approximately four bottles.  I have Elderflower to start with, but intend to buy a couple of kits per month to give a basic house supply and then will add home made country wines to the list as seasonal fruit becomes available.

• Buy a beer kit on a similar basis (probably once every couple of months or so) to start with. 

• Order some Hop Vines for the garden to grow own hops, harvest and then can start experimenting with some of the older beer recipes I have.

• Making wines from fresh fruit too acquired from the Green Grocers

• Cider?

• Apple juice

• Perry

• Make soups and that not eaten frozen for a rainy day

•  Freezing any fruit that cannot be used straight away due to time constraints and then making the preserve when time is at a premium.

•  Using up veggies that are past their best by date to create vegetable stock and/or gravy.  Both can be used as the basis of soups/gravies and it is criminal not to make use of those commodities available to us.

 Pattypan

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