Fruit (River Cottage Handbook No. 9) by Mark Diacono

  • Orchard ice cream with caramelised walnuts (page 195)

    from Fruit (River Cottage Handbook No. 9) Fruit (River Cottage Handbook No. 9) by Mark Diacono

    • Categories: Ice cream & frozen desserts; Candy / sweets; Dessert
    • Ingredients: apples; pears; quinces; double cream; vanilla pods; egg yolks; caster sugar; walnuts; honey
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  • Gooseberry tart

    • eeeve on July 12, 2018

      I had so looked forward to this tart, as the picture in the book looks delicious and the process was quite time consuming - however, it was a disaster! The custard didn’t set, so we ended up with a sharp tasting custardy sauce floating around the berries. Not sure why, as I’d followed the recipe to a t! Was it the balsamic vinegar?! (Which, I think, one can taste in the custard...) Not one to repeat for us.

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  • ISBN 10 1408808811
  • ISBN 13 9781408808818
  • Published Aug 01 2011
  • Format Hardcover
  • Page Count 256
  • Language English
  • Countries United Kingdom
  • Publisher Bloomsbury

Publishers Text

Growing fruit at home is a delicious and altogether more enjoyable alternative to buying it in the shops. Mark Diacono offers a practical and accessible guide to making the most of your garden and what it has to offer. The first part of the book is an A-Z of the different varieties of fruit, with old favourites like apples, cherries, plums, blackcurrants, white currants, redcurrants, strawberries, blueberries, gooseberries, raspberries and rhubarb as well as more exotic species like figs, grapes, cranberries, Japanese wine berries and apricots. Each is accompanied by a photograph, with detailed advice on when and how to grow and harvest. In the second part of the book, Mark gives straightforward guidelines on techniques like pruning and training, as well as how to deal with problems or pests. There is a section dedicated to growing under covers and in containers. Introduced by Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall and with 30 delicious recipes, beautiful, full-colour photographs and a directory of useful addresses, this is the ideal reference for any aspiring fruit grower.

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