RECIPES

Headed by Alex Elliott-Howery, the Cornersmith Kitchens bring traditional food knowledge and skills to modern cooks. With a focus on preserving, salads and good home cooking, you'll find recipes that nourish, reduce food waste and help you love being in the kitchen.

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An end of season pickling recipe for gardeners
Our gardens are heaving with too many cucumbers and green tomatoes that aren't ripening. It is often at the end of the season when we get busy in the pickling kitchen. This...
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- preserving
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Preserving Chillies: Chilli Jam, Drying Chillies at Home and Chilli Top Vinegar
Our chilli plants at home are still going strong, and there's plenty available at the markets – but not for long. This week we're sharing our recipe for everyone's favourit...
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- Summer
- Sweet Preserving
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Chai Spiced Breakfast Prunes
These breakfast prunes, preserved in black tea, honey, and plenty of warming spices, make a wonderful addition to your morning porridge, are delicious stirred through yoghu...
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- Winter
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Mango Chutney
When the mangoes are cheap or you have a neighbourhood mango tree that is dropping fruit faster than you can eat it, make this chutney! It's delicious with seafood, ham and...
- Christmas
- preserving
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- Summer
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Making Marmalade and Ways to Use It
Making marmalade isn’t hard and this small-scale recipe uses up the last few bits of citrus in the fruit bowl. You can easily store it in the fridge for a few months or dou...
- Citrus
- preserving
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- Sweet Preserving
- Winter
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Gin Pickled Cucumbers
These are a staple on Alex's Christmas lunch table. Make a few jars and give them as gifts. On the big day eat them with cured fish and oysters, or ham sandwiches and chees...
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- cornersmith
- pickles
- preserving
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- Summer
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Why jars are important in preserving
The importance of using good quality glass jars when preserving and how to know which one is best for the job.
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How to: Heat Process
Also called 'water bathing' or 'canning', this process uses heat to stop the growth of bacteria. It lengthens the shelf life and also ensures the jars or bottles are sealed...
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How to: Sterilise Jars
Sterilising your jars is essential to give your preserved goods a long shelf life and prevent any nasty contaminants from spoiling all your hard work. Follow these easy st...
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How to: Test for Setting Point
The setting point is when the right levels of pectin, acid, heat and sugar have come together in your jam or marmalade. There are many ways to test for the setting point bu...
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Waste Hack: Brown Banana Jam
Brown bananas are not so tempting to eat, but they are so good for cooking! Before you make another bloody banana bread or a yet another banana smoothie - have a look at ou...
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- Reducing waste
- Sustainable
- Use It All
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Pickled Green Tomatoes
Green Tomatoes – unripe red tomatoes – are our favourite spring vegetable. Tart, crunchy and delicious, they make the best pickles, and these ones just get better and bette...
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- Spring
- Summer
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