The Artisan Market : Cure Your Own Bacon, Make the Perfect Chutney, and Other Delicious Secrets

These days, staying in is the new going out, and homemade deli is the way to eat gourmet! Emma MacDonald, a trained chef and founder of The Bay Tree—the UK's premier deli—shares her celebrated culinary secrets for the first time, explaining how to pickle, smoke, cure, and conserve; put together great meals; and mix and match both home-cooked and store-bought foods. This fantastic treasure trove of culinary delights shows you how to produce delicacies ranging from cured meats, smoked fish, and sweet preserves to farmhouse cheeses, fresh pasta, and fresh-baked pies. The mouthwatering recipes include Pastrami with Sweet Cucumber Relish, Sticky Redcurrant & Clove Glazed Ham, Sizzling Beef with Korean Vegetable Pickle, and Chocolate Risotto with Cherries in Kirsch. Everyone can enjoy the fruits of their labors with Artisan Preserving, the seminal book on canning, which provides a one-stop resource. Whether you have foraged hedgerows, picked produce from your own vegetable garden or allotment, or searched out the best seasonal buys in the supermarket or market, this book contains more than 100 delicious recipes for preserving fruit and vegetables, meat or fish. Emma Macdonald gives clear and comprehensive instructions for curing, drying, pickling, bottling/canning, crystalizing and jellying; as well as recipes for all kinds of jams, jellies, pickles, chutneys, relishes, cordials, fruit liqueurs, sauces, confits and terrines, fruit curds, cheeses and butters, and dried fruits and vegetables. Every classic is covered, including: gravlax, confit chicken, candied peel, quince cheese, elderflower cordial, mint jelly, onion marmalade, mango chutney, sloe gin, raspberry jam and piccalilli. There are many others, some of them centuries old, many of them with a modern twist, such as Banana and Date Chutney and Grapefruit and Elderflower Marmalade. Emma also includes expert tips on troubleshooting and information on all the equipment you will need. Pick up your cheesecloths and straining funnel and get preserving! "Walk into an artisan deli and you will find a treasure trove of culinary delights, from cured meats, luxurious pâtés and fragrant cheeses to glimmering preserves and hand-crafted pies. The artisan market shows you how to make your own home-produced delicacies, as well as how to use deli-bought ingredients to create memorable meals"--Page 4 of cover Meat & poultry Fish & shellfish Cheese & dairy Dressings, rubs & sauces Vegetables Fruit Baked goods.