Tag: orchard cookery | Orchard Notes

Making Eliza Acton’s ‘Essex Pudding (Cheap and Good)’

In which I have a go at re-creating a historical orchard recipe for the first time… with rather delicious results.

This in-depth study of ‘warden’ cooking pears tells the fascinating story of a historical orchard staple.

I’ve started putting together an index page of the archive recipes that I’m posting on the site.

Here’s a C19th recipe for a grape-and-apple jam that seems to be good with all sorts of things.

Baked pum(p)kin and spiced apple deliciousness? What’s not to like?