Every autumn, the hedgerows at Cross Bank Farm quietly tell the story of the year. This jelly is made from what they offer us — crab apples, sloes, rosehips and blackberries, gathered from the farm boundaries and cooked slowly into something rather special.
Deep, jewel-clear and rich with the complexity only wild fruit seems able to produce, it carries the character of this place, this season and the slightly stubborn belief that good things are worth doing properly.
Very good on toast. Even better with cheese. Quietly exceptional with cold meats.
There is nothing else quite like it, because no two hedgerows, or seasons, are ever the same.
Ingredients: Crab apple. Sugar. Rosehips. Sloe berries. Blackberries.
Every autumn, the hedgerows at Cross Bank Farm quietly tell the story of the year. This jelly is made from what they offer us — crab apples, sloes, rosehips and blackberries, gathered from the farm boundaries and cooked slowly into something rather special.
Deep, jewel-clear and rich with the complexity only wild fruit seems able to produce, it carries the character of this place, this season and the slightly stubborn belief that good things are worth doing properly.
Very good on toast. Even better with cheese. Quietly exceptional with cold meats.
There is nothing else quite like it, because no two hedgerows, or seasons, are ever the same.
Ingredients: Crab apple. Sugar. Rosehips. Sloe berries. Blackberries.