The Kitchen Garden in Jars
60 Heritage Recipes for Preserving Vegetables
When the vegetable garden gives too much, you need to know what to do with it all. Heritage preservation recipes adapted for a modern kitchen.
Long before the freezer, people already knew how to extend the harvest and fill the larder for the months ahead.
The Kitchen Garden in Jars brings together heritage preservation recipes adapted for today's kitchen, while keeping the techniques, combinations and spirit of the original methods.
Artichokes, asparagus, aubergines, beetroot, carrots, cabbages, cucumbers, gherkins, beans, lettuces, sweetcorn, olives, peas, peppers, black radish, tomatoes... You'll find very simple preparations alongside more surprising ones, and a few ideas that had almost been forgotten.
Each chapter helps you choose and prepare vegetables before preserving them, with clear and practical guidance.
Inside the book:
— recipes drawn from old cookery and household management books
— step-by-step methods
— everyday vegetables and more unexpected preparations
— a preserving calendar to download and print
A book for making the most of your harvest, cutting waste, and rediscovering old skills that still have much to teach us.