Preserved - Softcover

Sandler, Nick; Acton, Johnny

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1906868026 ISBN 13: 9781906868024

Publisher: Kyle Books, 2009

Synopsis

Home-made preserving does wonders to thetaste and texture of food, far better than store-bought equivalents. Fullof practical information, Preserved covers drying, salting, smoking, pickling, preserving in sugar and alcohol, sausages and salamis, infused oils and vinegars, fermenting, bottling and canning, air exclusion, and freezing, with over 100 delicious recipes that will help you make the most of your preserves.

About this title

About the Author:

JOHNNY ACTON is an entrepreneurial writer/journalist and the author of The Man Who Touched the Sky, The Ideas Companion, and Kings of Comedy. Brought up on a farm, Johnny is a keen advocate of sustainable and organic farming and he firmly believes in the importance of local, seasonal produce. NICK SANDLER is the chef for Prêt a Manger, and therefore responsible for the lunches of several thousand Londoners on a daily basis. He is also a freelance development chef, a role that requires him to dream up new dishes and establish the best ways to process and preserve them for delis and supermarkets. Together Nick and Johnny have written five books including, Soup, Mushroom, Duchy Originals Cookbook and The Branded Cookbook.

Excerpt. © Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved.:

Fruits of the Forest Fruit Leather
Makes 2 sheets
1 1/2 cups raspberries
2 2/3 cups strawberries
1 cup blueberries
Juice of 1 lemon
1/3 cup honey
Boil up the raspberries in a pan, then put them through a food mill or conical sieve. Keep the juice and discard the seeds. Return the raspberry pulp and juice to the pan and add the rest of the fruit. Add the lemon juice and honey and simmer for five minutes.
Blend with an hand-held blender until smooth.
Line a medium baking tray with plastic wrap or foil and pour in the mixture until it just runs to the sides.
Place in an oven heated to 160 degrees Fahrenheit and leave for about six hours. The leather is ready when it is tacky but no longer sticky.
Let the leather cool, then roll it up in plastic wrap or cut it into strips and store them in an airtight container in a cool place for up to two months.

About this edition

• Publisher: Kyle Books
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 1906868026
• ISBN 13: 9781906868024
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 224