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Preserved - Winter

Preserved - Winter

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Learn how to make winter Seville marmalade and spicy winter preserves; delicious bottled fruit and thick, warming onion marmalade. If the first shoots of stunning pink, Yorkshire forced rhubarb are available, find out how to turn them into a deliciously light rhubarb jam.

January is a very busy time in the preserving calendar. This course demonstrates methods such as transforming citrus fruits into crystallised, chocolate-dipped confections, preparing exemplary fruit curds, and salting down lemons for use later in the year. Now is also a good time to peer in the freezer, to see if there is anything we can use up from the summer and autumnal gluts of last year; so we hope to have a few additional surprises on the day.

Our preserved days are taught by Pam Corbin (co-founder of the Thursday Cottage Jam Company, and author of the River Cottage Preserves Handbook ) and Liz Neville (of Parrett Preserves, who makes all of our River Cottage Glutney).

Pam and Liz work together throughout the day with the aim to show you a variety of ways to preserve seasonal gluts of garden and hedgerow fruit and veg. The day will venture into explaining the different ingredients and methods used to keep fresh food sage and thereby stretching the fruitful season of plenty to the winter months. Of course, by the very nature of each season, courses will inevitably vary but Liz and Pam will endeavour to show you how to make fruity james, sparkling jellies, creamy curds, cordials, pickles, chutneys as well as demonstrating how easy it is to bottle fruits, use salt to preserve lemons, and how oil will preserve a fresh herby pesto. During the day they will share all their preserving experiences with you and will allow ample time to answer your questions so you can return home with confidence to make some exceptional preserves.

Our winter course will focus on citrus fruits, rhubarb, apples, pears, spices, onions and cauliflower. We'll look at making marmalade, at the different methods of making seasonal seville orange marmalade as well as marmalades to make throughout the year. We hope to show you how to make early yorkshire rhubarb jam, apple based jellies, lemon squash, seville orange shrub and bottled fruit.

So, whether your dream is to start your own cottage industry, or simply to learn a variety of methods for preserving your summer gluts, come and join Pam, Liz and the River Cottage Team for a fascinating and inspirational day.

This event is demonstration based. Practical participation is not required, although volunteers are encouraged to take part in the demonstrations, at some point during the day.

Tea, coffee and homemade biscuits will be served at the end of the meal.

Course content: we cannot guarantee to make all the winter recipes listed above, but we wanted to give you a good idea of what you can expect on this intensive one day course during Winter.

Hugh availability: Hugh does not attend this course

Location: This course is run from River Cottage HQ on the Dorset/Devon border. Full address details of HQ will be provided once you have booked.

 Wine/drink: We are a licensed venue. We also have a Bring Your Own policy and we do not charge corkage. We have a wide selection of the finest organic wines. We will be serving Elderflower cordial and iced water from our own well.

Accommodation: If you need local accommodation, click here for a list of hotels and bed & breakfasts, recommended to us by our customers. We don’t have camping facilities but for information on local campsites and self catering accommodation, call the Lyme Regis Tourist Information Office on 012.... They will be very happy to help.

Age: We would advise that this course is only really suitable for 12yrs of age and upwards. Under 16s must be accompanied by an adult. We put these guidelines for the safety, comfort and enjoyment of all our guests.

Time: 9.30am - 5.00pm.

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