TARRAGON & THYME

Last night I decided to have a go at this Mushroom Medley preserve under the auspices of the one thing  a day heading; I have decided to reinstate these set of little posts in an effort to focus my energies one one thing at a time and so get things done. This should have been prepared before Christmas but we did not quite get there.  OH is particularly fond of mushrooms and he tried something similar recently and had raved about it and yet when I had mentioned it previously he had not wanted to know.   Typical. I have a mixture of two packs of exotic mushrooms, chestnut mushrooms, shitake mushrooms (be aware that you do not use the stalks on Shitake mushrooms and they need taking off and disposing of) and ordinary mushrooms but you can choose whichever mushrooms float your boat.  Just plain button mushrooms or an exotic mixture you use exactly the same ingredients and the same procedure.  This is an Oded Schwartz recipe and I can see that it will b...

  Follow my blog with Bloglovin Are in the shops  -well they were in M & S earlier in the week.  I always look out for them early as in the run up to Christmas you do not always have the time to set too and make some preserves but for cranberries, and clementines I always make an exception.   I will purchase mine at the beginning of December.  I always make Cranberry and Apple Jelly (not just for Christmas but I make in bulk as we use this quite a lot throughout the year either with a hot meal or in sarnies with brie (lovely if in a baguette and popped into the microwave to melt the brie) and/or meat.v  I also look out in reductions on cranberries in between time as well.  If you haven't got time to use them then and now you can always freeze them. Please refer to earlier post for recipe:   http://tarragonnthyme.blogspot.co.uk/2012/12/cranberries.html I also make a fresh Cranberry and Grand Marnier whole berry sauce for serving wi...