The Homemade Cloudberry Liqueur

Posted by admin | Other recipes | Sunday 13 September 2009 21:03

With a few exceptions, I am not very fond of syrupy sweet liqueurs. Laponian Liqueurs AB in Gällivare, Sweden, makes three not overwhelmingly sweet tasting liqueurs. Cloudberry Liqueur is one of them. (The other two are Arctic bramble liqueur and Cranberry liqueur). The berries are purchased from berry pickers and placed in a stainless steel tank ...

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Wild Things

Posted by admin | French food recipes | Sunday 13 September 2009 18:29

A day of plundering this weekend, and what a plunder it turned out to be. We sneaked over to our ’secret’ sloe berry location anticipating disappointment after last year’s wash out. And there before our eyes were bush after bush of the acrid berry that somehow transforms gin into liquid gold and, quite possibly, my ...

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Peach Cobbler

Posted by admin | French food recipes | Sunday 13 September 2009 12:09

Adapted from Great American Home Baking Index Cards You will need: ½ cup sugar 1 tablespoon all purpose flour 1 tsp. cinnamon 1 tsp. grated lemon zest 6 cups fresh peach slices (peeled) (frozen peach slices thawed) 1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice Topping: 2 cups all-purpose flour ½ cup plus 2 tablespoons sugar, divided 2 tsps. baking powder ¾ cup (1 ½ sticks) cold butter, cut into small ...

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