Grow and Eat Locally in Melbourne Derbyshire UK: Blackcurrant and Mint Jam

Welcome

This is an attempt to document my efforts to grow and eat locally around Melbourne, Derbyshire. My family own a nine acre smallholding on which we grow fruit and vegetables and keep bees, and chickens, but that won't feed us alone, so the idea is to get to know our local produce and to see how easy/hard it is to follow a diet that is local to within 30 miles. The fun part is also trying some new (easy) recipes that use home-grown and local produce. Feel free to comment, send in recipes, and share your experiences of buying and eating locally.

Saturday, 28 July 2012

Blackcurrant and Mint Jam

Blackcurrant, Redcurrant and Mint Jam

Summer ....catch it while you can!

There is a mixture of Blackcurrants and Redcurrants in this jam, and some mint because it seemed like a good idea at the time....and it works well.

The fruit is from St Brides Farm, very kindly given to me by Sarah, Thanks Sarah, jam tasting and a loaf of spelt bread on its way to you.

The recipe is a standard jam recipe, see Sarah's blackcurrant jam and add a little mint and the juice of one lemon.