Recipes
Explore my larder of recipes. Every recipe detailed here has been tested and consumed by me and my family. I don’t recommend anything that we don’t eat ourselves.
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Sprimchi - fermented sprouts
A sprouty variation on kimchi. This fabulous ferment has the same delectable spiciness of kimchi, but also packs the health-giving punch of the inimitable Brussel sprout. What a perfect mouthful!
Ginger and turmeric shots
Sometimes, I catch myself buying something that I am very capable of making myself. And, when it suits me, I teach myself how to make that thing so I never have to buy it again if I choose not to.
The Peach ferment
I have been playing with peach ferments since we set up The Peach and this particular one is spectacular
Shrub - Jo’s way
A shrub is a delectable combination of fruit, herbs, vinegar and sugar, which forms a concentrate with which you can do many tasty things.
Switchel - Jo stylee
The specific origins of the switchel, a haymaker’s drink, are fuzzy but the drink, itself, is anything but that.
Wild garlic bud oxymel
Allium ursinum, also known as wild garlic, wild ramsons, bear garlic, onion stinkers or devil’s posy (depending on the extent of your fondness for allium family herbs) is an abundant and delicious herb.
Luscious labneh
Labneh is a creamy cheese. All you need to make it is some yoghurt. I add milk kefir too, to increase the content of live microbes.
Making kombucha - first forays
Kombucha is a really delicious, complex fermented drink. Complex in terms of the flavours you can create, rather than being complex to make.
Jerusalem artichoke ferment
Jerusalem artichokes are a bit special to me. I love the plants, themselves, with their beautiful yellow flowers and tall gangly stems. And beneath the soil nestle these nutritious vegetables, a bit like hidden treasure.