The annual minuscule crop of Gooseberries was harvested a month ago and it is never enough to make jam with. I have 2 gooseberry bushes and this year one of them decided not to fruit at all (or the birds had them all) so I was left with about 700g of red gooseberries ripening at…
Category: Gooseberries
Gooseberry and Thyme Syrup Cake – a rare treat
What on earth happened to the Gooseberry, one of the quintessentially British summer fruits? It was a staple of my childhood and used to always be in the shops at this time of the year. But over the last 20 years it has virtually disappeared from all but the larger Waitrose stores and completely from most…
The Cottage Loaf 