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linz71
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marigold
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Stacey
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sally_in_wales Downsizer Moderator
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Thriftycook
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The book I got Hodgkin from is Kettle Broth to Gooseberry Fool : a celebration of simple English cooking by Jenny Baker which I heartily recommend. She doesn't give a recipe just a method as Sally suggests.
The quantity of the different fruits are up to you but allow 8 oz of granulated sugar to every lb of fruit. you can use brandy, white rum or vodka. Layer fruit and sugar in a glass or earthenware jar and cover with booze with each addition.
Suitable fruit are; blackcurrants, red, white currants, raspberries, loganberries, tayberries, cherries, strawberries, apricots, peaches (halve and stone these last two). Citrus fruit are not suitable.
I'd add plums, damsons and blackberries too.
Just realised I have a big Le Parfait jar just begging to be filled with the ripening currants and rasps in my garden |
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Stacey
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marigold
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Stacey
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Stacey
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Bebo
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Stacey
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Bebo
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linz71
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linz71
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