Canning Fruit – Homemade Tinned Tomatoes

One of the easiest methods of preserving fruit is ‘canning’ or ‘bottling’ at home.   The following technique can be used for any fruit, though you may wish to add some week sugar syrup, rather than brine to other fruits.  We home preserve cherries each year in exactly this way. Canning Tomatoes at Home Whenever canning fruit at home make sure you have blemish free, ripe (but not over-ripe specimens).  Small bruises and so on may be cut out but diseased fruits should not be included in the home canning process. First remove any stalks from the tomatoes and score […]

Olive Oil Pickled Lemons Recipe

This is the second recipe for pickles,  we use here at Casa Dirty Boots to preserve lemons. It takes a little longer than the first recipe for preserving lemons.  None of the work is difficult though.  The lemons are finely sliced and can be used whole in dishes so you do save a little time and effort in the future!  No need to remove the flesh before eating.  And, as the end product is preserved in olive oil you get a virtually ready-made salad-dressing thrown in too. Olive Oil Pickled Lemons Recipe Wash the lemons well (ideally these should be […]

Middle Eastern Preserved Lemons Recipe

Yep, I’m still working my way through the supply of free citrus fruits. Each year I make two different batches of preserved or pickled lemons.  There are many preserved lemons recipes but I’ve whittled it down to two Casa Dirty Boots favorites! This one is pretty traditional and great for using in tagines or other Middle Eastern dishes.  Preserved lemons with chicken or lamb is always a firm favorite here. If you find yourself with a surplus this is very quick recipe to preserve lemons: Middle Eastern Preserved Lemons Recipe Wash the lemons (this should really be made with unwaxed […]