Ingredients:
Makes: 2.7kg (6lb)
2.7kg (6lb) Vegetables (Cauliflower Sprigs, Baby Onions, Cucumber or Gherkin, Baby Green Tomatoes, Runner beans, etc)
1.2lt (2 pints) White Vinegar
450g (1lb) Salt
40g (1½oz) Cornflour or Plain Flour
160g (6oz) Sugar
25g (1oz) Dry Mustard
25g (1oz) Ground Ginger
15g (½oz) Turmeric
Preparation:
Clean and prepare the vegetables.
Spread the vegetables over a large dish and sprinkle with the [...]

Ingredients:
900g (2lb) Rhubarb
900g (2lb) Demerara Sugar
600ml (1 pint) Vinegar
450g (1lb) Sultanas
25g (1oz) Root Ginger
25g (1oz) Salt
15g (½oz) Garlic
15g (½oz) Cayenne Pepper
1 tsp Pepercorns
2 Lemons, peel only
Preparation:
Finely chop the rhubarb and garlic.
Place the crushed the root ginger, peppercorns and lemon peel and into a piece of muslin and tie with string.
Place all [...]

Ingredients:
900g (2lb) Bramley Apples
450g (16oz) Soft Brown Sugar
425ml (¾ pint) Malt Vinegar
140g (5oz) Fresh Dates
140g (5oz) Sultanas
50g (2oz) Preserved Ginger, chopped
2 Cloves Garlic
1 tsp Freshly Grated Nutmeg
1 tsp Juniper Berries
1 tsp Ground Cinnamon
8 Cloves
2 Oranges grated zest and juice
Preparation:
Peel, core and dice the apples.
Peel and crush the garlic, crush the [...]

Ingredients:
Makes: 2.7kg (6 – 7lb)
1.8kg (4lb) Green Tomatoes
675g (1½lb) Onions
450g (1lb) Cooking Apples
450g (1lb) Soft Brown Sugar
600ml (1 pint) Vinegar
225g (8oz) Seedless Raisins or Chopped Dates
25g (1oz) Root Ginger
8 Red Chillies
2 tsp Salt
Preparation:
Wash and chop the tomatoes, peel and chop the onions.
Place the tomatoes, onions, apple and half of the vinegar into [...]

Ingredients:
Makes: 700 – 900g (1½ – 2lb)
4 medium Oranges or Lemons
450g (1lb) Caster Sugar
225g (8oz) Butter
5 Eggs
Preparation:
Thinly peel the rind and squeeze the juice from the fruit.
Place the rind and juice into a double boiler (a bowl placed over a saucepan of boiling water).
Add the sugar and butter, cook over a low heat [...]

Ingredients:
Makes: 3.2 – 3.6kg (7 – 8lb)
900g (2lb) Cooking Apples
900g (2lb) Pears
900g (2lb) Plums
2kg (4½lb) Sugar
25g (1oz) Root Ginger
1 Lemon
Water
Preparation:
Peel, core and slice the apples and pears.
Halve the plums and remove the stones.
Place all of the fruit into a heavy bottomed saucepan, add just enough water to cover the base.
Cook for 40 [...]

Ingredients:
Makes: 1.4 – 1.8kg (3 – 4lb)
900g (2lb) Rowan Berry
900g (2lb) Crab Apples
1.8lt (3 pints) Water
Sugar
Preparation:
Pick over the rowan berries, removing any stalks, wash if necessary, drying well.
Wash the whole crab apples, removing any bruised parts.
Place the fruit and just enough water to cover into a heavy bottomed saucepan.
Bring to the boil and [...]

Ingredients:
680g (1lb 8oz) Dried Currants
565g (1lb 4oz) Brown Sugar
450g (1lb) Cooking Apples, peeled, cored, and finely chopped
340g (12oz) Sultanas
340g (12oz) Raisins
170g (6oz) Mixed Peel, chopped
170ml (6fl oz) Brandy
1 tsp Ground Allspice
1 tsp Ground Nutmeg
1 tsp Ground Cinnamon
2 Lemons, grated zest and juice
Preparation: Place all the ingredients In a large bowl, mix well [...]