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Category: Orchard Cookery

W. M. on Making ‘Gooseberry Fool’

This C17th version of the classic fool is thickened with butter, sugar and egg yolks rather than the usual milk or cream.

Published June 18, 2022
Categorised as Orchard Cookery Tagged C17th, gooseberry, gooseberry recipe, W.M.

Robert May, on Preserving Green Fruits

Here’s a quick seventeenth century guide to preserving green or under-ripe fruit: gooseberries, plums, pippins, peaches and grapes.

Published June 11, 2022
Categorised as Orchard Cookery Tagged apple, gooseberry, grape, peach, pippin, plum, preserving

Eliza Smith, on Making ‘Gooseberry Tansey’

Here’s an eighteenth century drop-scone pancake type recipe to help you use up some of your gooseberry glut.

Published May 28, 2022
Categorised as Orchard Cookery Tagged C18th, Eliza Smith, gooseberry dessert, gooseberry recipe

Marion Harland, on Making ‘Frosted Peaches’

This nineteenth century peach of a recipe is guaranteed to add a bit of sparkle to your dinner party dessert course.

Published May 7, 2022
Categorised as Orchard Cookery Tagged C19th, Marion Harland, peach dessert, peach recipe

Charlotte Mason, on Making ‘German Fritters’

Here’s an eighteenth century recipe for boozy, sugary, fried apple fritters that sounds like sweet simplicity itself.

Published April 6, 2022
Categorised as Orchard Cookery Tagged apple dessert, apple recipe, apples, C18th, Charlotte Mason

John Smith, on Making Gooseberry, Apple or Rhubarb Cream

Here’s a fool-proof dish of stewed fruit, sugar, cream and eggs from a nineteenth century collection of veggie recipes.

Published March 15, 2022
Categorised as Orchard Cookery Tagged C19th, gooseberry, gooseberry recipe, John Smith, rhubarb, rhubarb recipe

Georgiana Hill, on Making ‘Pommes à l’Impératrice’

A dish of baked apples fit for an Empress. You’ll definitely need your sweet tooth for this recipe.

Published February 7, 2022
Categorised as Orchard Cookery Tagged apple, apple dessert, C19th, Georgiana Hill

Monk’s Modern Medieval Cuisine Makes Quince ‘Connate’

A quick shout out for Christopher Monk’s take on a late fourteenth century quince recipe from The Forme of Cury.

Published January 7, 2022
Categorised as Linking Out, Orchard Cookery Tagged C14th, Christopher Monk, connate, Forme of Cury, quince, quince preserve

William Verral, on Making ‘Pears Portuguese Fashion, with Currants’

Here’s an eighteenth century twist on a seasonal classic, involving good winter pears and a pint of port.

Published December 20, 2021
Categorised as Orchard Cookery Tagged C18th, pear, pear dessert, pear recipe, William Verral

‘E.H.B.’ on ‘Apple Florentine’ at Christmas

This giant apple pie, served up with a quart of well-spiced ale, sounds like a recipe for my sort of Christmas feast.

Published December 17, 2021
Categorised as Orchard Cookery Tagged apple, apple dessert, apple recipe, C18th, C19th, Florentine, William Hone

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The protected outdoor melons and watermelons now appear to have fixed (got their roots established in the soil) and are now starting to put on good growth. The covers have been off this week.

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More whitecurrant picking today. Plus blackcurrants, gooseberries, raspberries. I bloody love soft fruit season, I do 😁

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