Ok, so last time I made Limoncello I thought it need something else to give it a bit of a "kick" and I love ginger so here's the recipe:
750ml of 80% proof Vodka
6 lemons zest to soak in it for around 12 days.
Boil 3 cups of water, 1 cup of sugar and 2 tbs of fresh grated ginger in a pan for a few minutes.
add together, strain and bottle. Store in a fridge before consumption and be careful as it can go straight to your head!
I love this recipe but it seems a bit of a waste of 6 lemons and I had ginger left over. I absolutely adore ginger beer so this is what I done yesterday and I think it tastes stunning... If I do say so my self! :-)
pour 1 cup of sugar and 1/4 tsp of yeast into an empty 2 litre plastic bottle
Add 2tbs of fresh grated ginger and the juice of 1 lemon and then fill the bottle 3/4's full with water and SHAKE until the sugar has dissolved. (Please put the bottle cap on before shaking as I forgot to do this when making pancakes once and what a mess!)
continue to fill the bottle until 1 inch from the top and store in warm place (airing cupboard) for around 24 hours or until the bottle becomes very hard. Be aware that if you leave it longer than 24 hours the bottle could burst! - then store in the fridge and strain into a glass to drink! - Yummmy!
Thursday, 27 August 2009
Saturday, 15 August 2009
Forenote
Hi,
This is my exciting journey on my newly acquired allotment plot! I've NEVER done anything like this! It's been hard work to get something in the ground this year as I only got it in June and it was completely overgrown with blackberry bushes and plum trees (That don't have any plums! lol) but I am happy to have had a few meals from what I've grown including lots of salads and potato salads, Sunday dinner veg including peas, runner beans, potatoes and carrots and my sweetcorn and broccoli should be done in the next couple of weeks.
I can't stress enough how new I am at all this... I can't remember a time I helped my mam in the garden.... I hate bugs and creepy crawlies (should have seen me scream last week when I thought I saw a spider crawl out of a strawberry - It was in-fact a little green leaf that fell from it - shaming) and I've only just bought 2 books to help me plan everything out for next year.
Keep a look out for my latest projects whether it be Cooking, gardening, Bath products etc... I'll put some of my recipes on here and photos and hopefully it will inspire someone to take up a new hobby too! All this stuff is great fun for yourself and all the family, including children and everyone can benefit from it. Plus it saves money too which means you can save the pennies for better planned weekends and holidays! What else can I say? oh and check out the wildlife there too! - got a bath full of newts that have just had babies - frogs and hedgehogs are around too which will be helping keep my allotment pest free and organic so I will be doing what I can to keep them happy. - Check it out!
This is my exciting journey on my newly acquired allotment plot! I've NEVER done anything like this! It's been hard work to get something in the ground this year as I only got it in June and it was completely overgrown with blackberry bushes and plum trees (That don't have any plums! lol) but I am happy to have had a few meals from what I've grown including lots of salads and potato salads, Sunday dinner veg including peas, runner beans, potatoes and carrots and my sweetcorn and broccoli should be done in the next couple of weeks.
I can't stress enough how new I am at all this... I can't remember a time I helped my mam in the garden.... I hate bugs and creepy crawlies (should have seen me scream last week when I thought I saw a spider crawl out of a strawberry - It was in-fact a little green leaf that fell from it - shaming) and I've only just bought 2 books to help me plan everything out for next year.
Keep a look out for my latest projects whether it be Cooking, gardening, Bath products etc... I'll put some of my recipes on here and photos and hopefully it will inspire someone to take up a new hobby too! All this stuff is great fun for yourself and all the family, including children and everyone can benefit from it. Plus it saves money too which means you can save the pennies for better planned weekends and holidays! What else can I say? oh and check out the wildlife there too! - got a bath full of newts that have just had babies - frogs and hedgehogs are around too which will be helping keep my allotment pest free and organic so I will be doing what I can to keep them happy. - Check it out!
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The view from the top of the allotment
We picked this one because we found that blackberry bushes will only grow on fertile soil - so that was a good start. It was scary seeing all this work ahead at first but so exciting
The view from the bottom of the allotment
Its a scary task ahead me thinks!
It's going to be a BIG project
Can't wait!
The first day
Well we got the allotment on a sunny wednesday, 2nd week of June. Saturday came and I was up early in the morning and devastated to see it was pouring down outside. The rain settled at 1:30pm and I have never got my wellies on so fast! The men up the allotment also thought I was crazy as I kept working in the rain as I was so determined!
I was dreading this part!
I was really worried about disturbing any wildlife. Unfortunately these little eggs did not survive even though I re-placed them to the bottom of the allotment in the bushes. Next year I will be doing what I can to attract some of the wildlife back, building homes for the hedgehogs and ladybirds and I am going to place some large stones around my bath and protect it as there are newts living in there and frogs that come and go.
Its not Glamorous work
I look rough, I know! but the fresh air is great and I'm getting the job done!
Getting things organised
Everyone laughs at me... they reckon I'll have a white picket fence before long! - Now there's an idea! he he he
My Plants are my babies
well... one's I eat! lol
