Dandelion Season & Recipes
Here in blighty now's the time to take advantage of the humble Dandelion; I have noticed masses of them today all their heads opened to full advantage basking in the sunshine. Time to make some Dandelion wine as per the recipe link below http://tarragonnthyme.blogspot.com/2009/04/dandelion-wine-recipe-to-make-on-st.html I intend to make some of this at least a couple of gallon this year,but I have also seen another recipe, a Pam Corbin's recipe, that was featured on one of the River Cottage programmes that I intend to have a go at this Dandelion jelly Marmalade recipe. Never tried it before but it looks lovely and is something out of minimal ingredients i.e peels of fruit that normally get flung away and a wild plant that tends to overrun its residence once its settled. Just the sugar and the heat to pay for. Ingredients: 500g Apple cores and peel or chopped windfall apples 500g citrus fruit peel (unwaxed lemon orange or grapefruit) roughly chopped 100g...