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Entente Cordiale
This week we have made the first batch of Cordial. Last years vintage stood us in good stead and we have only just used up the frozen batches so we have had a whole year of bottled sunshine. It’s...
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Appletini
So this is how it went. Our neighbours came up trumps again by donating a big basket of beautiful little Discovery apples from their tree. I must send George round to fetch his ball back more often....
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Rhubarb Cocktail
It’s a misty, cold, March morning as I write this by a crackling fire. Fortunately these photos are already beaming a bit of sunshine into my soul. Or perhaps that’s just the after burn of yesterday’s...
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Espresso Martini
The first time I had an Espresso Martini was on my birthday at Jamie’s Italian. I knew there and then that I had to recreate one at home. This meant that I had to venture out and buy Kahlua. I hid it...
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Ruby Gin Fizz
We’re back on the wagon. No…not that one. Don’t be ridonkulous. The reduced carbs/crisps/cakes wagon. It’s really tedious. Normally I would turn the raspberries, tayberries and loganberries from the...
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Dark and Stormy
These short, cold days have me craving a ‘Dark and Stormy’. Actually, more truthfully, they have led me to reminisce about drinking cocktails in the sunshine in Bermuda. It’s probably 13 years since...
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Orange & Elderflower Liqueur
Just to mix things up a bit this year I made ‘liqueur’ as well as the usual elderflower cordial. In truth this is Orange and Elderflower Vodka and Lemon and Elderflower Gin, not really a liqueur....
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Mulled Cider
We have noted over the years that if you say to your guests “What would you like to drink?” They will either look a little lost and say “Well, what have you got?” which leads to you racking your...
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Melonade
When life gives you melons. Make Melonade. That’s all I got. No story, no fancy recipe. Just a reason to use that line. Things{we}make Melonade Juice or liquidise half a small watermelon Sieve Add the...
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Rhubarb Ginger Lime
The Short Version I made a Moscow Mule with added rhubarb syrup. It was pretty and delicious. For those of you with more time on your hands… The Long Version – with added Instagram* A few weeks ago I...
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Cold Brew & Lollipops
I love an iced coffee, and I am here to tell you that I think it tastes better made with cold-brew. When I was little, my brother thought it was amusing to convince me that coffee was the best flavour...
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Rhubarb Cakes and Cocktails
It’s almost two years since I photographed this recipe. It was the last post I put together before the first lockdown, as the initial confusion swirled around what was going on. The next time I...
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Milkshakes
There are blackberries in every hedge and draped over every wall around here at the moment, so it seems like a good time to share this Blackberry Milkshake. In fact whilst we are at it how about this...
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